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Staph aureus Therapy

The Division has compiled advice (updated January 2004) on handling S. aureus skin and soft tissue infections.

Therapy flowchart (PDF)
Letter to medical staff on S. aureus therapy (PDF)

Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory

Look here for the latest PCR tests available from the Le Bonheur Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory for a wide variety of pathogens (requires Adobe PDF Reader).

Macrolides
Read the letter to the Medical Staff of Le Bonheur from August 10, 2002 regarding the use of macrolides and the risks of creating erythromycin resistance in Strep pneumoniae and Group A Strep infections.

Fellowship
We hope to have our fellowship brochure on this site soon.

Director
B. Keith English, MD <kenglish@utmem.edu>.