Management of mild CA-MRSA skin infections: More complicated that it looks at a glance

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 800-801

  Pérez, Andrés ^a   Orta, Lourdes ^a   Pascual, Marta ^a   Padilla, Emma ^a   Mesquida, Xavier ^a   González, Maigualida ^b   Huguet, Olga ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE MANACOR   (Spain)

^b Cala Millor Primary Care Centre   (Spain)

^c Artá Primary Care Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CHLORHEXIDINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MONOTHERAPY; NOTE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ABSCESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BATHS; CHILD; CHLORHEXIDINE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RIFAMPIN; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 84877017472     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2012.1864     Document Type: Note

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