title: Implications of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a community-acquired pathogen in pediatric patients.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is now an established community pathogen in many areas of the United States and the world. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant S aureus infections have changed several aspects of staphylococcal infections in children. This article discusses epidemiology, clinical manifestations, laboratory diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. skaplan@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Sheldon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*