Emergency department visit rates for abscess versus other skin infections during the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, 1997-2007

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-105

  Qualls, Munirih L ^a   Mooney, Megan M ^a   Camargo, Carlos A ^b   Zucconi, Tanya ^a   Hooper, David C ^b   Pallin, Daniel J ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ABSCESS; BOSTON; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84862236411     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis342     Document Type: Article

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