title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an evolutionary, epidemiologic, and therapeutic odyssey.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, first identified just over 4 decades ago, has undergone rapid evolutionary changes and epidemiologic expansion. It has spread beyond the confines of health care facilities, emerging anew in the community, where it is rapidly becoming a dominant pathogen. This has led to an important change in the choice of antibiotics in the management of community-acquired infections and has also led to the development of novel antimicrobials.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. polishmd@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Stan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deresinski
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins