Missouri medicine
-
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are an emerging problem in both children and adults throughout the United States. Skin and soft tissue infections are most common, however serious invasive disease can occur and may involve any anatomic site. The initial empiric therapy of suspected S. aureus infections will be influenced by the regional antimicrobial susceptibility patterns for the organism as well as the severity of the infection being treated. This article will review the epidemiology, clinical features, and treatment considerations for MRSA infections in children.
-
Comparative Study
A decade of humanitarian aid and medical knowledge exchange between Missouri and European Georgia physicians.
Missouri physicians have shared humanitarian aid and exchanged medical knowledge for the past decade with European Georgia physicians. Donations have been made of medications, medical publications, used equipment and supplies as well as organizational knowledge exchange with sister medical organizations, sister medical schools and sister cities. The medical specialty exchanges include family medicine, neonatology, pediatrics, diabetology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, obstetrics, gynecology, anesthesiology and surgery.