Increased Prevalence of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Hand Infections at an Urban Medical Center

Abstract

The authors' findings at Temple University Hospital may help to alert health care providers to take necessary steps to control the spread of methicillin-resistant S. aureus in the community and in the inpatient setting. Cultures should be carefully followed and infections should be treated with appropriate antibiotics.