Scientific article
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Should the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage status be used as a guide to treatment for skin and soft tissue infections?

Published inThe Journal of infection, vol. 64, no. 5, p. 513-519
Publication date2012
Abstract

Previous skin carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) leads frequently to empiric antibiotic MRSA coverage for skin & soft tissue infections.

Keywords
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
  • Bacteriological Techniques/methods
  • Carrier State/microbiology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Drug Therapy/methods
  • Female
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Soft Tissue Infections/drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections/drug therapy
  • Switzerland
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult
Citation (ISO format)
REBER, Alexandra et al. Should the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage status be used as a guide to treatment for skin and soft tissue infections? In: The Journal of infection, 2012, vol. 64, n° 5, p. 513–519. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.12.023
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