Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: reconsideration of therapeutic options
Levison ME;Fung S;;
current infectious disease reports2006Vol. 8pp. -
124
me2006currentcommunity-associated
Abstract
Methicillin resistance, long recognized as characteristic of nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus, has increasingly been identified in community-acquired strains in the past 15 years. The genotypes of community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) are different from nosocomial strains, and …