PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Padmanabhan, Ravindran A.
AU  - Fraser, Thomas G.
TI  - The emergence of methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> inthecommunity
DP  - 2005 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 235--241
VI  - 72
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/3/235.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/3/235.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2005 Mar 01; 72
AB  - Infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), long endemic in hospitals and nursing homes, are now being reported in the community as well. While we await further epidemiological and microbiological study of this emerging pathogen, current clinical practice requires a reconsideration of the empiric use of beta-lactam agents for the seriously ill patient with a gram-positive infection.