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1: Hosp Med. 2005 Mar;66(3):180-4.Links

Antibiotic prescribing as a risk factor for MRSA.

Wilcox MH.

Leeds General Infirmary and University of Leeds, Old Medical School, Leeds LS1 3EX.

There is accumulating evidence to support the role of specific antibiotic classes as risk factors for selecting meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Crucially, however, controlled studies of antimicrobial prescribing interventions are lacking. The evidence for the association between antimicrobial prescribing and expansion of MRSA is reviewed here.

PMID: 15791883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]