Clinical and epidemiological factors associated with methicillin resistance in community-onset invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections: prospective multicenter cross-sectional study in Korea.

Clinical and epidemiological factors associated with methicillin resistance in community-onset invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections: prospective multicenter cross-sectional study in Korea.

Successful empirical therapy of Staphylococcus aureus infections requires the ability to predict methicillin resistance. Our aim was to identify predictors of methicillin resistance in community-onset (CO) invasive S. aureus infections. Sixteen hospitals across Korea participated in this study from...

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Main Authors: Eu Suk Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Gayeon Kim, Kye-Hyung Kim, Kyung-Hwa Park, Shinwon Lee, Young Hwa Choi, Jongyoun Yi, Chung Jong Kim, Kyoung-Ho Song, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Nam-Joong Kim, Yeong-Seon Lee, Myoung-Don Oh, Korea INfectious Diseases (KIND) study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4259386?pdf=render

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