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Changing Pattern of Community-Acquired Skin and Soft-Tissue Infection with Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a common type of bacteria that often lives on the surface of the skin of healthy people without causing infection. Sometimes …
