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Child flu deaths linked to MRSA
Quality Improvement Monitor, May 2, 2008
Massachusetts health officials have linked two recent childhood deaths to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), The Boston Globe reported last week.
Of the 74 children who died from the flu in the United States from 2006-2007, 22 had staph infections, most of which were MRSA, the paper said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are so worried about the disturbing trend that next flu season they will activate a monitoring network at five sites to track down patients co-infected with flu and MRSA. Health experts said that information could help doctors determine how to quickly intervene to preventing flu-MRSA cases from turning fatal, the Globe said.
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