Clinical Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the U.S. Emergency Departments
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Clinical Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the U.S. Emergency Departments
INTRODUCTION Community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has emerged as the most common cause of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTI) in the United States. A nearly three-fold increase in SSTI visit rates had been documented in the nation's emergency departments (ED). The objective of this study was to determine characteristics associated with ED performance of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.4.20583