RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The emergence of methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> inthecommunity
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 235
OP 241
VO 72
IS 3
A1 Padmanabhan, Ravindran A.
A1 Fraser, Thomas G.
YR 2005
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/3/235.abstract
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.