Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a common cause of vulvar abscesses

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 538-544

  Thurman, Andrea Ries ^a   Satterfield, Tiffany M ^b   Soper, David E ^b  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUCOSE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VULVAR ABSCESS; VULVITIS; ABSCESS; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VULVA DISEASE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEXAS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 55949120213     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181827829     Document Type: Article

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