Emergence of the USA300 strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a burn-trauma unit

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 790-797

  Wibbenmeyer, Lucy A ^a,e   Kealey, Gerald P ^a   Latenser, Barbara A ^a   Diekema, Daniel J ^a,b,c   Williams, Ingrid M ^a   Coffman, Stacy L ^b   Winokur, Patricia L ^a,c   Kroeger, Jennifer S ^a   Lewis II, Robert W ^a   Herwaldt, Loreen A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURN; BURN UNIT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; IOWA; MEDICAL RECORDS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249125246     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181848b8f     Document Type: Article

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