Management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

Garau, J.; Bouza, E.; Chastre, J.; Gudiol, F.; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02701.x

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English

Management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

ContributorsGarau, J.; Bouza, E.; Chastre, J.; Gudiol, F.; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

Published inClinical microbiology and infection, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 125-136

Publication date2009

Abstract

This review addresses selected aspects of the management of severe healthcare-associated infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), including the limitations of current therapy, potential alternative agents, new therapeutic options, clinical approaches to MRSA bacteraemia/endocarditis and ventilator-associated pneumonia, and strategies to improve outcomes in patients with severe MRSA infections.

Keywords

Case Management
Cross Infection/diagnosis/drug therapy
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification
Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis/drug therapy/microbiology

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Epidémiologie et contrôle de la résistance aux antibiotiques (866)

Citation (ISO format)

GARAU, J. et al. Management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. In: Clinical microbiology and infection, 2009, vol. 15, n° 2, p. 125–136. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02701.x

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Identifiers

PID : unige:1703
DOI : 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02701.x
PMID : 19291144

Journal ISSN1198-743X

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