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Volume 22, Number 5—May 2016
Letter

Community-Associated MRSA Infection in Remote Amazon Basin Area, Peru

Coralith García, Lizeth Astocondor, Jinnethe Reyes, Lina P. Carvajal, Cesar A. Arias, and Carlos Seas
Author affiliations: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru (C. García, L. Astocondor, C. Seas); Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima (C. García, C. Seas); Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia (J. Reyes, L.P. Carvajal, C.A. Arias); University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA (C.A. Arias)

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A) Untreated community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ulcer on the right arm of a 58-year old woman from a rural area of the Amazon Basin, Peru. B) The same ulcer after 19 days of treatment with vancomycin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.

Figure. A) Untreated community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ulcer on the right arm of a 58-year old woman from a rural area of the Amazon Basin, Peru. B) The same ulcer after 19 days of treatment with vancomycin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.

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