Skin and soft tissue infections due to CA-MRSA.
Infections caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) have become epidemic over the last decade. It causes a spectrum of diseases in humans but skin and soft tissue infections predominate. Molecular virulence factors in CA-MRSA are incompletely understood. In this article, the epidemiology, presentation, treatment, and surveillance of skin and soft tissue infections due to CA-MRSA are reviewed.
Scheurich
Dan
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Infectious Diseases Division, Washington University School of Medicine, USA. kwoeltje@dom.wustl.edu
Woeltje
Keith
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D017714:Community-Acquired Infections; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology