title: Clindamycin-susceptibility Rates of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Varies by Infection Type in Pediatric Patients.
abstract: Hospital-wide antibiograms provide general susceptibility patterns. Specific antibiograms were created for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates based on infection process and epidemiology. Using clinical microbiology laboratory data and patient profiles, high clindamycin resistance rates were seen for nonskin and soft tissue infections and noncommunity-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pharmacy and †Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Rangaraj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Selvarangan
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ogden
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002648:Child; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002981:Clindamycin