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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in U.S. service members deployed to Iraq.
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Military Medicine . Apr2009, Vol. 174 Issue 4, p408-411. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has become the most common cause of skin and soft-tissue infections in the United States. However, no studies have yet examined its importance in the deployed environment. We retrospectively reviewed culture results obtained at a level II military treatment facility in Iraq over a 5-month period to determine the incidence of CA-MRSA in this population. Eighty-five percent of the cultures obtained from skin abscesses were positive for S. aureus, and 70% were methicillin-resistant S. aureus. All of the isolates recovered were sensitive to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. CA-MRSA is a significant problem in deployed service members and civilians and empiric antibiotics for skin and soft-tissue infections need to provide coverage for this important pathogen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00264075
- Volume :
- 174
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Military Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 105347564
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed-d-02-8408