Recurrent skin and soft tissue infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus requiring operative debridement

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-220

  Sreeramoju, Pranavi ^a   Porbandarwalla, Nabilla S ^b   Arango, Jorge ^b   Latham, Kerry ^d   Dent, Daniel L ^b   Stewart, Ronald M ^b   Patterson, Jan E ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Epidemiology; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Recurrence; Risk factors; Staphylococcal infections; Staphylococcal skin infections; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INJECTION; INJURY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPIDER BITE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS;

EID: 79151485346     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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