title: Guidelines for UK practice for the diagnosis and management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections presenting in the community.
abstract: These guidelines have been developed by a Working Party convened on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Their aim is to provide general practitioners and other community- and hospital-based healthcare professionals with pragmatic advice about when to suspect MRSA infection in the community, when and what cultures should be performed and what should be the management options, including the need for hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: Infection Unit, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK. dilip.nathwani@nhs.net
authors.forename: Dilip
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nathwani
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Masterton
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dryden
authors.forename: Barry D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Cookson
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Deirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents