TY - JOUR
T1 - Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection
AU - Berman, Daniel S.
AU - Eisner, William
AU - Kreiswirth, Barry
PY - 1993/12/16
Y1 - 1993/12/16
N2 - To the Editor: We report a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a 65-year-old woman who did not use intravenous drugs and was not a nursing home resident. The patient was hospitalized with endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Neither she nor her husband had been hospitalized for the past 15 years. They had not visited a nursing home. No family members worked in a health care facility, and none used intravenous drugs. She became deaf, quadriplegic, and aphasic as a result of the infection and its treatment. Cells for culture were obtained from the hands, nose, and throats of…
AB - To the Editor: We report a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a 65-year-old woman who did not use intravenous drugs and was not a nursing home resident. The patient was hospitalized with endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Neither she nor her husband had been hospitalized for the past 15 years. They had not visited a nursing home. No family members worked in a health care facility, and none used intravenous drugs. She became deaf, quadriplegic, and aphasic as a result of the infection and its treatment. Cells for culture were obtained from the hands, nose, and throats of…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199312163292517
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199312163292517
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8247050
AN - SCOPUS:0027381914
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 329
SP - 1896
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 25
ER -