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Bureau of Prisons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of MRSA. August 2005.
www.bop.gov/news/PDFs/mrsa.pdf

County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services, Public Health. Guidelines for Reducing the Spread of Staph/CAMRSA in Non-Healthcare Settings. www.lapublichealth.org/acd/docs/MRSA/MRSA_Guideline_12_20_04.pdf

King County Public Health, Seattle, WA. Interim Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Community- Associated MRSA Infections in Outpatient Settings. September 2004.
www.metrokc.gov/health/providers/epidemiology/MRSA-guidelines.pdf

CDC's website on Healthcare-Associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa.html

CDC's website for Providers on CA-MRSA Information.
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca.html

CDC. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Correctional Facilities- Georgia, California, and Texas, 2001-2003. MsMWR. October 17, 2003;52(41):992-96.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5241a4.htm

CDC. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin or Soft Tissue Infections in a State Prison --- Mississippi, 2000. MMWR. October 26, 2001;50(42):919-22.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5042a2.htm

Slides from the NCCHC Pre-conference Seminar Infectious Diseases in Corrections: An Expert Panel October 28, 2006
http://www.idcronline.org/archives.html

Department of Health and Human Services 2006 Adult and Adolescent Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines
http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines/

International AIDS Society-USA Panel 2006 Recommendations of the Treatment for Adult HIV Infection
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/296/7/827

CDC's Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5514a1.htm

American Academy of HIV Medicine
http://www.aahivm.org/

 

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Main Article I : Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in the Correctional Setting
Editor's Letter Author: David Alain Wohl, MD
Spotlight: Newer Antibiotics for the Treatment of Infections Caused by Gram Positive Cocci
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