Treating CA-MRSA Infections: A Review of Antibiotic Therapy Selection and Patient Treatment Outcomes at a VA Institution

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Joan Edwards, PharmD; and Christine Barreuther, RPh

Dr. Edwards and Ms. Barreuther are both ambulatory care clinical pharmacists in the pharmacy service at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson, Arizona.

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, community-acquired MRSA, CA-MRSA, skin and soft tissue infections, SSTIs, skin trauma, incarceration, beta-lactams, incision and drainage, I&D, 2005 Practice Guidelines for Management of SSTIs, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, TMP/SMX, tetracyclines, clindamycin, erythromycin, dialysis, surgery, catheter, erythmea, edema, tenderness, purulent drainage, antibiotics, antibiotic susceptibility, microbiology, antibiotic resistantMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, community-acquired MRSA, CA-MRSA, skin and soft tissue infections, SSTIs, skin trauma, incarceration, beta-lactams, incision and drainage, I&D, 2005 Practice Guidelines for Management of SSTIs, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, TMP/SMX, tetracyclines, clindamycin, erythromycin, dialysis, surgery, catheter, erythmea, edema, tenderness, purulent drainage, antibiotics, antibiotic susceptibility, microbiology, antibiotic resistant
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, community-acquired MRSA, CA-MRSA, skin and soft tissue infections, SSTIs, skin trauma, incarceration, beta-lactams, incision and drainage, I&D, 2005 Practice Guidelines for Management of SSTIs, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, TMP/SMX, tetracyclines, clindamycin, erythromycin, dialysis, surgery, catheter, erythmea, edema, tenderness, purulent drainage, antibiotics, antibiotic susceptibility, microbiology, antibiotic resistantMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, community-acquired MRSA, CA-MRSA, skin and soft tissue infections, SSTIs, skin trauma, incarceration, beta-lactams, incision and drainage, I&D, 2005 Practice Guidelines for Management of SSTIs, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, TMP/SMX, tetracyclines, clindamycin, erythromycin, dialysis, surgery, catheter, erythmea, edema, tenderness, purulent drainage, antibiotics, antibiotic susceptibility, microbiology, antibiotic resistant
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, community-acquired MRSA, CA-MRSA, skin and soft tissue infections, SSTIs, skin trauma, incarceration, beta-lactams, incision and drainage, I&D, 2005 Practice Guidelines for Management of SSTIs, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, TMP/SMX, tetracyclines, clindamycin, erythromycin, dialysis, surgery, catheter, erythmea, edema, tenderness, purulent drainage, antibiotics, antibiotic susceptibility, microbiology, antibiotic resistantMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, community-acquired MRSA, CA-MRSA, skin and soft tissue infections, SSTIs, skin trauma, incarceration, beta-lactams, incision and drainage, I&D, 2005 Practice Guidelines for Management of SSTIs, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, TMP/SMX, tetracyclines, clindamycin, erythromycin, dialysis, surgery, catheter, erythmea, edema, tenderness, purulent drainage, antibiotics, antibiotic susceptibility, microbiology, antibiotic resistant
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