MRSA Increases Foot Infection Treatment Failures

SAN FRANCISCO — The isolation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, either alone or as part of a polymicrobial infection, was associated with treatment failure in 35% of patients with a diabetic foot infection, Dr. Matthew E. Falagas reported during a poster session at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.