Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an evolutionary, epidemiologic, and therapeutic odyssey. Export

@article{citeulike:3485208, abstract = {Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, first identified just over 4 decades ago, has undergone rapid evolutionary changes and epidemiologic expansion. It has spread beyond the confines of health care facilities, emerging anew in the community, where it is rapidly becoming a dominant pathogen. This has led to an important change in the choice of antibiotics in the management of community-acquired infections and has also led to the development of novel antimicrobials.}, author = {Deresinski, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3485208}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/427701}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15712079}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15712079}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1086/427701}, issn = {1537-6591}, journal = {Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America}, keywords = {epidemiology, evolution, mrsa}, month = {February}, number = {4}, pages = {562--573}, posted-at = {2009-01-15 10:35:01}, priority = {2}, title = {Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an evolutionary, epidemiologic, and therapeutic odyssey.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/427701}, volume = {40}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3485208 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3485208 N2 - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, first identified just over 4 decades ago, has undergone rapid evolutionary changes and epidemiologic expansion. It has spread beyond the confines of health care facilities, emerging anew in the community, where it is rapidly becoming a dominant pathogen. This has led to an important change in the choice of antibiotics in the management of community-acquired infections and has also led to the development of novel antimicrobials. IS - 4 JF - Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America SN - 1537-6591 EP - 573 TI - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an evolutionary, epidemiologic, and therapeutic odyssey. VL - 40 SP - 562 KW - epidemiology KW - evolution KW - mrsa AU - Deresinski, S PY - 2005/02/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/427701 ER -