Overview of Staphylococcus aureus in medicine / Kent Crossley -- Epidemiology of MRSA / Nasia Safdar, Barry C. Fox, & Linda M. McKinley -- Genetics of MRSA: the United States and worldwide / Dennis Stevens -- Community-acquired MRSA as a pathogen / Karen J. Brasel & John A. Weigelt -- MRSA and complicated skin and soft tissue infections / Kamal M.F. Itani -- MRSA in the diabetic foot / Lee C. Rogers, Nicholas J. Bevilacqua, & David G. Armstrong -- MRSA pneumonia / Anna P. Lam & Richard G. Wunderink -- Central venous access and MRSA bacteremia / Renae E. Stafford -- MRSA bacteremia / Melissa Brunsvold & Lena M. Napolitano -- Antibiotics for MRSA infections / R. Lawrence Reed -- Reducing the risk of nosocomial dissemination of MRSA: an infection control perspective / Charles E. Edmiston, Jr. -- Outcomes and cost considerations with MRSA infections / Peggy S. McKinnon & Thomas P. Lodise, Jr.