Empirical Coverage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Those Who Do Not Remember the Past Are Doomed to Repeat It

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1145-1146

  Chalmers, James D ^a   Reyes, Luis F ^b,c   Aliberti, Stefano ^d,e   Restrepo, Marcos I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MISUSE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY RATE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84990877530     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw464     Document Type: Letter

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