Staphylococcus aureus Community-acquired Pneumonia: Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes

Despite low prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA; 0.7%), nearly one-third of adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) received anti-MRSA antibiotics. Characteristics of MRSA and pneumococcal CAP overlapped substantially, highlighting the challenge of accurately targeting anti-MRSA antibiotics using clinical criteria.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Clinical Infectious Diseases

• Publication date

  2016-05-08

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/cid/ciw300PMID 27161775PMCID 4946021
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