Wednesday, January 04, 2006

"Superbugs" Infiltrate Hospitals, Communities

...Drug-resistant bacteria are taking hold in hospitals and in the community, adding urgency to the need for new antibiotics and better infection-control measures, said scientists meeting here...

...Community-acquired MRSA usually causes boils and skin rashes but can lead to serious infections that require hospitalization.

The strains found in hospitals, which generally infect the most seriously ill patients, cause blood infections, surgical site infections and pneumonia....

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