Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in skin and soft tissue infections presenting to the emergency department of a Canadian Academic Health Care Center

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-8

  Achiam, Cimi C ^a   Bernard Fernandes, Christopher Mahendra ^a   Shelley L McLeod, ^a   Marina I Salvadori, ^c   Michael John, ^b   Jamie A Seabrook, ^b   Karl D Theakston, ^a   Susan Milburn, ^d   Zafar Hussain, ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Skin and soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; THROAT; CANADA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952838510     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328337901a     Document Type: Article

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