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Staph infection rates increasing in U.S. hospitals
Infection Control Monitor, September 28, 2007
Researchers found the number of infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, commonly called staph, increased over a six year period in U.S. hospitals.
The inpatient infection rate from the common bacteria and the economic burden for U.S. hospitals increased substantially from 1998 to 2003, although the in-hospital mortality rate decreased, researchers concluded. The findings, which show an increase of 7-11% each year, are published in the November 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Go to www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/ for a copy of the study.
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