Clinical and Epidemiologic Characteristics Cannot Distinguish Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection from Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus Infection: A Prospective Investigation

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 471 - 482
• Main Authors: Miller, Loren G., Remington, Franciose Perdreau, Bayer, Arnold S., Diep, Binh, Tan, Nelly, Bharadwa, Kiran, Tsui, Jennifer, Perlroth, Joshua, Shay, Anthony, Tagudar, Grace, Ibebuogu, Uzoma, Spellberg, Brad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 15.02.2007; University of Chicago Press; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age Distribution; Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage; Antibacterial agents; Antibiotics; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Articles and Commentaries; Bacteremia; Biological and medical sciences; Community-Acquired Infections - diagnosis; Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy; Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology; Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology; Diagnosis, Differential; Drug therapy; Epidemiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hospitalization; Humans; Illicit drugs; Incidence; Infections; Male; Medical sciences; Methicillin Resistance; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Predisposing factors; Probability; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Distribution; Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis; Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus infections; Tobacco, tobacco smoking; Toxicology; Treatment Outcome; Human; Performance evaluation; Prevalence; Tobacco smoking; Epidemiology; Symptomatology; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Adult; Micrococcaceae; Soft tissue; Skin; Antibacterial agent; Predictive factor; Staphylococcus aureus

Background. Community-associated (CA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection has become common worldwide. Some researchers have argued that empirical therapy for MRSA should be given only to patients with suspected CA S. aureus infections who have risk factors for acquisition o...