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

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US ED visits for skin and soft tissue infections increased markedly from 1993 to 2005, contemporaneously with the emergence of community-associated MRSA. ED clinicians prescribed more antibiotics typically active against community-associated MRSA, especially trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Possible c …
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Authors Pallin DJ;Egan DJ;Pelletier AJ;Espinola JA;Hooper DC;Camargo CA;;
Journal Annals of emergency medicine
Year 2008
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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

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