Common Antibiotics May Be Best First Treatment For Children With MRSA-related Infections
Date: 31.5.2009
**Penicillin** and other **antibiotics in the beta-lactam family** work as well as other antibiotics to treat **MRSA** (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcuss aureus) infections in the skin and soft-tissue of children and may help prevent further resistance to antibiotic treatment, according to a new study.
Beta- lactams may still be the best first line initial therapy for skin and soft tissue infections possibly caused by MRSA.
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