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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—a reappraisal

Journal of Hospital Infection, 1991
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become an intractable problem in many hospitals in the world.’ There is an overall ambivalence about how we should respond to the presence of MRSA in our hospitals. Indeed, in a recent editorial on MRSA, Haley posed the question ‘do we just have to live with it?‘.’ It is the purpose of this paper ...
C T, Keane, D C, Coleman, M T, Cafferkey
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Laryngitis

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 2010
Infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become more prevalent, in part because of the emergence and spread of community-acquired MRSA. This trend is particularly concerning because of the significant rates of morbidity and mortality associated with MRSA infections, and because MRSA strains are often resistant to many ...
Tracey, Liakos, Keith, Kaye, Adam D, Rubin   +2 more
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prostatitis

Urology, 2007
Prostatitis is a common condition that is associated with a poor quality of life. A recent National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel classified prostatitis into the categories of acute bacterial, chronic bacterial, chronic nonbacterial, and asymptomatic.
Thomas J, Beckman, Randall S, Edson
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1992
Elderly patients with chronic illnesses are at increased risk of becoming colonized or infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Therapeutic choices for the treatment of MRSA have been limited by the ever-expanding resistance of organisms and drug toxicity.
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Obstetrics

American Journal of Perinatology, 2013
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains one of the major multiple antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens causing serious community-associated and health care-associated infections. It is now pervasive in the obstetric population associated with skin and soft tissue infections, mastitis, episiotomy, and cesarean wound infections and
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Epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 1988
We contrast the experiences, in our Health Authority in South-East London, with the particular epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (the EMRSA) strain that has recently spread widely around London and South-East England, and with the other MRSA (OMRSA) strains encountered there.
B D, Cookson, I, Phillips
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1981
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteriuria was detected in 11 of 41 patients colonized or infected with MRSA. The patients with bacteriuria generally were older than 40 years of age, five were diabetic, seven had prior indwelling uretheral catheters, two had undergone other urologic manipulations, and only one was clinically ...
F L, Sapico, J Z, Montgomerie, H N, Canawati, G, Aeilts   +3 more
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and athletes

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2008
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections have become an increasingly common condition among athletes. Physical contact, shared facilities and equipment, and hygienic practices of athletes all contribute to methicillin-resistant S. aureus transmission among sports participants.
Eugene Brent, Kirkland, Brian B, Adams
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections

Medical Clinics of North America, 2013
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen that has exploded into clinical prominence in a short period. New medications are available for the treatment of MRSA infections, each with its own pitfalls and caveats. However, the resistance profile of the bacteria is becoming more complex.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Osteomyelitis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1985
In five patients, the diagnosis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) osteomyelitis was made by clinical and roentgenographic methods and confirmed by bone biopsy cultures. The treatment was staged according to the anatomic setting of the infection and the systemic and local competence of the host.
T G, Sheftel, J T, Mader, J J, Pennick, G, Cierny   +3 more
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