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High prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in emergency department skin and soft tissue infections.
Annals of emergency medicine - 1 Mar 2005
Frazee Bradley W, Lynn Jeremy, Charlebois Edwin D, Lambert Larry, Lowery Derrick, Perdreau-Remington Francoise
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among emergency department (ED) patients with skin and soft tissue infections, identify demographic and clinical variables associated with MRSA, and characterize MRSA by antimicrobial susceptibility and genotype. METHODS: This was a prospective observational study involving a convenience sample of patients...
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