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Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections

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Staphylococcus aureus (methicillin resistant or methicillin sensitive) can cause a wide variety of skin infections, ranging from a mild cellulitis to necrotizing fasciitis. Since the emergence of community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) in the 1990s, skin abscesses remain one of the most common cutaneous infections encountered in both the outpatient and inpatient settings.

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Pan, J.K., Reznicek, J. (2020). Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections. In: Reznicek, J., Perdue, Jr., P., Bearman, G. (eds) Musculoskeletal Infections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41150-3_19

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