title: Management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
abstract: This review addresses selected aspects of the management of severe healthcare-associated infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), including the limitations of current therapy, potential alternative agents, new therapeutic options, clinical approaches to MRSA bacteraemia/endocarditis and ventilator-associated pneumonia, and strategies to improve outcomes in patients with severe MRSA infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitari Mutua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain. xgarau@mutuaterrassa.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garau
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouza
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chastre
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gudiol
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harbarth
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology