Figure 1
From: Pediatricians' perspectives on the impact of MRSA in primary care: a qualitative study
Conceptual model of the impact of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) on primary care. The top level reflects how CA-MRSA influences factors relating to diagnosis and presentation of SSTIs. The second level accounts for how trends in the epidemiology of SSTIs, barriers to implementing recommended therapies and information/resources available to physicians influence the clinical management of SSTIs. SSTI, skin and soft-tissue infection.