Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 311-320, March 2005

High Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Emergency Department Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Received 1 June 2004; received in revised form 11 August 2004 and 21 September 2004; accepted 4 October 2004. published online 14 December 2004.

SEE EDITORIAL, P. 321.

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    •  Author contributions: BWF conceived the study. BWF, JL, LL, EDC, and FPR all contributed to study design. BWF, JL, and DL recruited patients and managed data. LL oversaw bacteriology. FPR oversaw genotyping. EDC provided statistical support and expertise. EDC, JL, BWF, and FPR analyzed the data. BWF drafted the manuscript, and all authors contributed to its revision. BWF takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Presented as a poster at the Western Regional Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly, Oakland, CA, April 2004; and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine National Scientific Assembly, Orlando, FL, March 2004.Reprints not available from the authors.

    PII: S0196-0644(04)01505-7

    doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.10.011

    Annals of Emergency Medicine
    Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 311-320, March 2005