Main Office:
The Children's Medical Center of Dayton 
One Children's Plaza
Dayton, OH 45404-1815
Tel. 937-641-3329, office and clinic
Fax. 937-641-5931

Education: The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Fellowships: Infectious disease, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati 

Other information: Dr. Alter is director of infectious disease at Dayton Children's and an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Wright State University School of Medicine.

Publications, presentations: Acute otitis media in a child

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Article by Sherman Alter, MD, director of infectious disease, Dayton Children's: Text summary of important information on the diagnosis and treatment of infections due to MRSA.
Graph 1. Prevalence of MRSA among hospitalized and community-based children with infections due to Staphylococcus aureus.
Graph 2. The diagnosis and management of infections due to MRSA, evaluated by age and location of the infection.