| Literature DB >> 17566712 |
Richard P Wenzel1, Gonzalo Bearman, Michael B Edmond.
Abstract
The emergence and clonal expansion of strains of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) have created new challenges with their entrance to hospitals. The increased virulence of CA-MRSA in concert with the depressed immunity of inpatients may cause added morbidity and mortality expected from healthcare-associated infections. Questions about changing prophylactic and empirical therapy as well as the use of intravenous immunoglobulin for life-threatening infections are addressed.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17566712 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.04.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Antimicrob Agents ISSN： 0924-8579 Impact factor: 5.283