Clinical and microbiological characteristics of purulent and non-purulent cellulitis in hospitalized Taiwanese adults in the era of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Clinical and microbiological characteristics of purulent and non-purulent cellulitis in hospitalized Taiwanese adults in the era of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

BACKGROUND: The risk factors, microbial etiology, differentiation, and clinical features of purulent and non-purulent cellulitis are not well defined in Taiwan. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of hospitalized adults with cellulitis in Taiwan in 2013. The demographic characteristic...

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Main Authors: Lee, Chun-Yuan, Tsai, Hung-Chin, Kunin, Calvin M., Lee, Susan SJ, Chen, Yao-Shen
Other Authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
Language:en
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2015
Subjects:
Cellulitis
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Soft tissue infections
Staphylococcal skin infections
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610291
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