Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections in Adults and Children

Overview

Journal Clin Infect Dis

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2011 Jan 7

PMID 21208910

Citations 1041

Authors

Catherine Liu

Arnold Bayer

Sara E Cosgrove

Robert S Daum

Scott K Fridkin

Rachel J Gorwitz

Sheldon L Kaplan

Adolf W Karchmer

Donald P Levine

Barbara E Murray

Michael J Rybak

David A Talan

Henry F Chambers

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Abstract

Evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). The guidelines are intended for use by health care providers who care for adult and pediatric patients with MRSA infections. The guidelines discuss the management of a variety of clinical syndromes associated with MRSA disease, including skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), bacteremia and endocarditis, pneumonia, bone and joint infections, and central nervous system (CNS) infections. Recommendations are provided regarding vancomycin dosing and monitoring, management of infections due to MRSA strains with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin, and vancomycin treatment failures.

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