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ARTICLES

A U. S. Population-Based Survey of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization
Philip L. Graham, III,MD,MSc; Susan X. Lin, DrPH; and Elaine L. Larson, PhD Annals of Internal Medicine,Volume 144, Issue 5, Page 318-325,Mar 2006
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/144/5/318#FN

Community-Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft- Tissue Infections: Impact of Antimicrobial Therapy on Outcome
Jorg J. Ruhe, Nathaniel Smith, Robert W. Bradsher and Anupama Menon Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 44, Issue 6, Page 777–784,Mar 2007 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/511872?prevSearch=Community-Onset

Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Infections among Patients in the Emergency Department
Gregory J. Moran,M.D., Anusha Krishnadasan, Ph.D., Rachel J. Gorwitz, M.D., M.P.H., Gregory E. Fosheim, M.P.H., Linda K. McDougal,M.S., Roberta B. Carey, Ph.D., David A.Talan, M.D., for the EMERGEncy ID Net Study Group New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 355:666-674, August 17, 2006, No. 7
http://www.content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/7/666

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Disease in Three Communities
Scott K. Fridkin, M.D., Jeffrey C. Hageman, M.H.S., Melissa Morrison, M.P.H., Laurie Thomson Sanza, R.N., Kathryn Como-Sabetti, M.P.H., John A. Jernigan, M.D., Kathleen Harriman, Ph.D., Lee H. Harrison, M.D., Ruth Lynfield, M.D., Monica M. Farley, M.D., for the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Program of the Emerging Infections Program Network, New England Journal of Medicine,Volume 352:1436- 1444, April 7, 2005, No. 14
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/352/14/1436

Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the United States
R. Monina Klevens, DDS, MPH; Melissa A. Morrison, MPH; Joelle Nadle, MPH; Susan Petit, MPH; Ken Gershman, MD,MPH; Susan Ray, MD; Lee H. Harrison, MD; Ruth Lynfield, MD; Ghinwa Dumyati, MD; John M. Townes, MD; Allen S. Craig, MD; Elizabeth R. Zell, MSTAT; Gregory E. Fosheim, MPH; Linda K.McDougal, MS; Roberta B. Carey, PhD; Scott K. Fridkin, MD; for the Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) MRSA Investigators JAMA. 2007; 298 (15):1763-1771.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/298/15/1763

 

GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT OF MRSA

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION – Strategies for Clinical Management of MRSA in the Community: Summary of an Experts’Meeting,March, 2006
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/ar/CAMRSA_ExpMtgStrategies.pdf

FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS – Clinical Practice Guidelines:Management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections, August, 2005
www.bop.gov/news/PDFs/mrsa.pdf

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY SERVICES – Community Associated Methicillin Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA): Guidelines for Clinical Management and Control of Transmission, PPH 42160, October, 2005
www.unc.edu/depts/spice/WisconsinCAMRSAGuide.pdf
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/ar/CAMRSA_ExpMtgStrategies.pdf

 

GENERAL RESOURCES

American Academy of Emergency Physicians (AAEM)
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID) (formerly National Center for Infectious Disease (NCID)
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
Health Organization (WHO)
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