Outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among health care workers in a cancer center

March 18th, 2011

Kassis C et al. – Early identification and control of community–acquired methicillin–resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections among health care workers is important to limit horizontal transmission to patients. Future efforts should include educational programs and guidelines for reporting and treating health care workers with methicillin–resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. read more

Impact of Outpatient Antibiotic Use on Carriage of Ampicillin-Resistant Escherichia coli

March 1st, 2011

Samore MH et al. – Examining changes in both resistant and susceptible organisms in antibiotic–treated individuals and their close contacts improves understanding of antibiotic selection pressure. read more

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