Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>in Los Angeles

Abstract

Necrotizing fasciitis caused by community-associated MRSA is an emerging clinical entity. In areas in which community-associated MRSA infection is endemic, empirical treatment of suspected necrotizing fasciitis should include antibiotics predictably active against this pathogen.