Increased US emergency department visits for skin and soft tissue infections, and changes in antibiotic choices, during the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult female male adolescent aged middle aged united states / epidemiology Child 80 and over Incidence community-acquired infections / drug therapy community-acquired infections / epidemiology community-acquired infections / microbiology methicillin resistance* staphylococcus aureus* staphylococcal infections / microbiology hospital / statistics & numerical data staphylococcal infections / epidemiology* staphylococcal infections / drug therapy soft tissue infections / microbiology anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use* staphylococcal skin infections / microbiology soft tissue infections / drug therapy soft tissue infections / epidemiology* communicable diseases staphylococcal skin infections / drug therapy pmid:18222564 doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.004 daniel j pallin daniel j egan carlos a camargo emerging / drug therapy emerging / epidemiology* emerging / microbiology emergency service hospital / trends* health care surveys staphylococcal skin infections / epidemiology