TY - JOUR AU - Mongkolrattanothai, Kanokporn AU - Aldag, Jean C. AU - Mankin, Peggy AU - Gray, Barry M. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/07/16 TI - Epidemiology of community-onset Staphylococcus aureus infections in pediatric patients: an experience at a Children's Hospital in central Illinois JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 112 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - The nation-wide concern over methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has prompted many clinicians to use vancomycin when approaching patients with suspected staphylococcal infections. We sought to characterize the epidemiology of community-onset S. aureus infections in hospitalized children to assist local clinicians in providing appropriate empiric antimicrobial therapy. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-112 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-9-112 ID - Mongkolrattanothai2009 ER -