Study finds one in 20 ED patients has MRSA
Researchers learned that 5% of emergency department patients at a Boston facility were diagnosed with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and more than half of these had MRSA on multiple sites. Patients with diabetes, HIV and those with skin or soft tissue complications were among ( Read more... )

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Hospitals see a jump in childhood MRSA infections
A study in Pediatrics of 25 U.S. hospitals found the number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections among children increased roughly tenfold between 1999 and 2008. The report, which found 21 cases of MRSA per 1,000 hospital admissions, also noted that most of the staph ( Read more... )

Study: Some patient groups more likely than others to carry MRSA
A U.S. study of more than 2,000 patients showed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was found in the noses of 20% of long-term elderly patients, 16% of HIV-positive patients and 14% to 15% of kidney dialysis patients, compared with 1% of the general U.S. population. ( Read more... )

• Pa. hospital patient is found to have rare staph infection
  A patient at Pennsylvania Hospital has been found to have the vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a rare form of staph infection possibly caused by the overuse of the antibiotic vancomycin. The VRSA case is the first reported since 2007, according to CDC data. Eleven VRSA ( Read more... )

Few among the general public are losing sleep over antibiotic resistance or the absence of effective new antibiotics. People generally have faith or have been lulled into believing that medical scientists can develop effective new antibiotics whenever needed because they have always done so in the past.

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Deadly MRSA strain appears partly immune to treatment
The USA600 strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infects the bloodstream and is five times more lethal than other MRSA strains, and it appears to be partly immune to a drug used to treat it, researchers said. The study found about 50% of patients infected with the strain died ( Read more... )

Researchers note increase in MRSA infections
By Jean DerGurahian

Posted: August 12, 2009 - 2:00 pm EDT

Hospital admissions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections are growing along with instances of community-associated MRSA, according to the results of a new study.

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Well, I'm sure everyone here has heard of MRSA...I just got this news today; this is CDC's publication--Emerging Infectious Diseases:

Volume 15, Number 8-August 2009
Letter
Human-to-Dog Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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