The incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community-acquired hand infections

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 513-516

  Wilson, Patrick C ^a   Rinker, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired; Drug resistant; Hand infections; MRSA

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HAND INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; TENOSYNOVITIS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENTUCKY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TENOSYNOVITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449116524     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31818a6665     Document Type: Article

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