Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections of the Hand: Prevalence and Timeliness of Treatment

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 504-508

  O'Malley, Michael ^a   Fowler, John ^a   Ilyas, Asif M ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; Hand; infection; MRSA; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS HAND INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HAND INFECTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 60849126968     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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