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MRSA Infection
MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus): CA-MRSA (community — SSTIs) vs HA-MRSA (healthcare — bacteremia, pneumonia, device infections). Contact precautions mandatory. Vancomycin is standard treatment.
MRSA
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
CA-MRSA
HA-MRSA
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MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It causes a staph infection (pronounced "staff infection") that is resistant to several common antibiotics. There are two types of infection. Hospital-associated MRSA happens to people in health care settings. Community-associated MRSA happens to people who have close skin-to-skin contact with others, such as athletes involved in football and wrestling.Inf…
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PHASE4
NCT06637332
This is an open label randomized controlled trial for patients with methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection which will directly compare the two most commonly used therapies, vancomycin and daptomycin. This study is an…
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