Journal article
Management of Skin Abscesses
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.370(23), pp.2244-2246
06/05/2014
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1404437
PMID: 24897093
Abstract
To the Editor:
The review by Singer and Talan (March 13 issue)
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describes the management of skin abscesses in the era of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA).
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In a 3-year study of soft-tissue and invasive infections caused by Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL)–positive methicillin-susceptible
S. aureus
(PVL-MSSA) and MRSA in a pediatric hospital, we found that PVL is largely diffused in both community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) and in MSSA,
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,
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as has been described,
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and MRSA genotypes have a particular distribution in different geographic regions.
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In our experience, PVL-MSSA strains were more frequent than PVL-MRSA, with all the latter belonging to already described clones . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Management of Skin Abscesses
- Creators
- Priscilla Cocchi - Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, ItalyGiovanni Taccetti - Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, ItalyLuisa Galli - Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, ItalyRichard E Burney - University of Michigan–Ann ArborDavid A Talan - Olive View-UCLA Medical CenterAdam J Singer - Stony Brook University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.370(23), pp.2244-2246
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJMc1404437
- PMID
- 24897093
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/05/2014
- Academic Unit
- Emergency Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984297144002771
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