Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: diagnosis and treatment.
Staphylococcus aureus, a common organism once susceptible to antibiotics, has developed resistance to many agents. Once a source of morbidity and mortality limited to hospitalized patients, drug-resistant S. aureus now appears among other populations-often in young people without significant medical conditions. Appropriate control measures, early diagnosis, and proper antibiotic choice can limit spread and severity of infection.
Weiner
H Richard
HR
University of Wisconsin Clinics and Hospitals, 3351 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA. hrw@uwm.edu
D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*