Hospitals, schools not doing enough to stop MRSA, experts say (tags)
A public school teacher in suburban Washington D.C. died last weekend of complications from a form of staph infection, the latest U.S. fatality from the dreaded, drug-resistant disease. Nearly 90,000 people become ill each year from complications of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, infections.
Treat deadly staph infections with anti-bacterials, study says (tags)
A new laboratory study indicates that antibacterial products have a positive value in killing non-hospital — or “community associated” — MRSA bacteria. Clinical studies to confirm the results are needed, experts say.