ABSTRACT
Staphylococcus aureus has always been one of the most common causes of cutaneous infections. It is also a cause of serious systemic infection such as septicemia, wound infection, pneumonia, and contamination of indwelling catheters. With the emergence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus, the organism has become a major cause of difficult to treat, serious infections. This organism can be of importance to dermatologists because of chronic furunculosis, increased frequency of wound infections, contamination of dermatological operating suites, and spread to patients with damaged epidermis (atopic dermatitis) and immunological disorders (HIV infection).
