Open AccessBreast Abscess Bacteriologic Features in the Era of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Epidemics
Author(s) -
Ashkan Moazzez,
Rebecca Kelso,
Shirin Towfigh,
Helen J. Sohn,
Thomas V. Berne,
Rodney J. Mason
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2376-3590
pISSN - 0272-5533
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.142.9.881
Subject(s) - medicine , staphylococcus aureus , clindamycin , propionibacterium acnes , abscess , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , linezolid , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , surgery , dermatology , vancomycin , biology , bacteria , genetics , acne
Increasing rates of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have also affected the microbial profile of breast abscesses.