MRSA Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Should We Be Worried?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 366-368

  Moran, Gregory J ^a   Talan, David A ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAROLINE; CEFTOBIPIROLE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60249096235     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.07.030     Document Type: Editorial

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