Complicated skin and skin structure infections : prevention and management options in an era of multidrug-resistant organisms / [with] Vance G. Fowler Jr.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Fowler, Vance G., speaker.

Network for Continuing Medical Education, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Staphylococcus aureus infections--Prevention.

Methicillin resistance.

Skin--Diseases--Prevention.

Antibacterial agents.

Genre:

Instructional films.

Lectures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (36 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Secaucus, NJ : Network for Continuing Medical Education, 2012.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Community and healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) infections have become a growing public health issue over the past two decades. In this video, Dr. Vance G. Fowler examines strategies to prevent Staphylococcus aureus infection and transmission, including whole body, systemic, environmental (surface and surroundings) decolonization, as well as pet decolonization in some instances. Interventions for uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections should ideally aim at reducing antibiotic use whenever safe and appropriate. For complicated skin and skin structure infections, there are now several appropriate broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment options available. Dr. Fowler reviews the pros and cons of these agents and provides practical clinical perspectives and advice for successful patient management.

Participant:

Speaker: Vance G. Fowler Jr.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed December 11, 2017).

OCLC:

1022740917