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Clinical Importance of Purulence in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 11/09/09

Crawford SE et al. – A purulent MRSA SSTI strongly predicted the presence of a clindamycin–susceptible MRSA isolate. Presence of the pvl genes was almost universal among MRSA isolates causing purulent SSTIs; this was less common in nonpurulent SSTIs and other clinical syndromes.

Telavancin: A Novel Lipoglycopeptide
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 11/16/09 Relevance Score: 95%

Scapular Abscess, Septic Emboli, and Deep Vein Thrombosis in a Healthy Child Due to Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Case Report
Pediatric Emergency Care, 10/29/09 Relevance Score: 93%

Should Vascular Surgery Patients Be Screened Preoperatively for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 10/27/09 Relevance Score: 93%

Emergence of multiresistant variants of the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineage ST1-SCCmecIV in 2 hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 10/22/09 Relevance Score: 93%

Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Susceptibility Phenotype in Bloodstream Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from an International Cohort of Patients with Infective Endocarditis: Prevalence, Genotype, and Clinical Significance
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 10/19/09 Relevance Score: 93%