A prospective observational cohort study in primary care practices to identify factors associated with treatment failure in Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections

A prospective observational cohort study in primary care practices to identify factors associated with treatment failure in Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections

Abstract Background The incidence of outpatient visits for skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) has substantially increased over the last decade. The emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has made the management of S. aureus SSTIs complex and chal...

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Main Authors: Grace C. Lee, Ronald G. Hall, Natalie K. Boyd, Steven D. Dallas, Liem C. Du, Lucina B. Treviño, Sylvia B. Treviño, Chad Retzloff, Kenneth A. Lawson, James Wilson, Randall J. Olsen, Yufeng Wang, Christopher R. Frei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
Skin and soft tissue infections
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Epidemiology
Primary care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12941-016-0175-8

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