A prospective observational cohort study in primary care practices to identify factors associated with treatment failure in Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections

• Main Authors: Grace C. Lee (Author), Ronald G. Hall (Author), Natalie K. Boyd (Author), Steven D. Dallas (Author), Liem C. Du (Author), Lucina B. Treviño (Author), Sylvia B. Treviño (Author), Chad Retzloff (Author), Kenneth A. Lawson (Author), James Wilson (Author), Randall J. Olsen (Author), Yufeng Wang (Author), Christopher R. Frei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The incidence of outpatient visits for skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) has substantially increased over the last decade. The emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has made the management of S. aureus SSTIs complex and chal...