A third case of USA300 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Korea

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 258-260

  Lim, Seungjin ^a   Chung, Doo Ryeon ^a,b   Yang, Jin Baek ^b   Kim, So Hyun ^b   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Genotype; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INFLAMMATION; KOREA; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SKIN ABSCESS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRAINAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875515699     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2013.28.2.258     Document Type: Letter

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