A Retrospective Analysis of Practice Patterns in the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections at Three Canadian Tertiary Care Centres

John M Conly; H Grant Stiver; Karl A Weiss; Debbie L Becker; Andrew J Rosner; Elizabeth Miller

doi:10.1155/2003/103682

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 2003)

A Retrospective Analysis of Practice Patterns in the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections at Three Canadian Tertiary Care Centres

John M Conly,
H Grant Stiver,
Karl A Weiss,
Debbie L Becker,
Andrew J Rosner,
Elizabeth Miller

Affiliations

John M Conly: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
H Grant Stiver: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Karl A Weiss: Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Montreal, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Debbie L Becker: Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Innovus Research Inc, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Andrew J Rosner: Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Innovus Research Inc, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth Miller: Access and Outcomes Research, Pharmacia Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/103682
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 6
pp. 315 – 321

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are increasingly being encountered and pose an increasing burden to the health care system in Canada.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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