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Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus from skin and soft-tissue infections in US emergency department patients, 2004 and 2008.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Jul 2011
Talan David A, Krishnadasan Anusha, Gorwitz Rachel J, Fosheim Gregory E, Limbago Brandi, Albrecht Valerie, Moran Gregory J
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BACKGROUND: In the past decade, new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains have emerged as a predominant cause of community-associated skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs). Little information exists regarding trends in MRSA prevalence and molecular characteristics or regarding antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of S. aureus isolates. METHODS: We enrolled adults with acute, purulent SSTIs...
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