Guidelines for UK practice for the diagnosis and management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections presenting in the community

TY - JOUR

T1 - Guidelines for UK practice for the diagnosis and management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections presenting in the community

AU - Nathwani, D

AU - Morgan, M

AU - Masterton, R G

AU - Dryden, M

AU - Cookson, B D

AU - French, G

AU - Lewis, D

PY - 2008/5

Y1 - 2008/5

N2 - These guidelines have been developed by a Working Party convened on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Their aim is to provide general practitioners and other community- and hospital-based healthcare professionals with pragmatic advice about when to suspect MRSA infection in the community, when and what cultures should be performed and what should be the management options, including the need for hospitalization

AB - These guidelines have been developed by a Working Party convened on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Their aim is to provide general practitioners and other community- and hospital-based healthcare professionals with pragmatic advice about when to suspect MRSA infection in the community, when and what cultures should be performed and what should be the management options, including the need for hospitalization

U2 - 10.1093/jac/dkn096

DO - 10.1093/jac/dkn096

M3 - Literature review

VL - 61

SP - 976

EP - 994

JO - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

JF - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

IS - 5

ER -