New strain of drug-resistant bacterial infections on the rise
Ambulatory Safety Monitor, August 31, 2006
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Foodconsumer.org highlights a study published August 17 by the New England Journal of Medicine with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the findings of a survey of skin infections that occurred in hospital emergency rooms in 2004. The Journal and CDC found an increasing number of the infections were caused by the drug-resistant bacteria methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
MRSA symptoms can range from a mild skin infection and irritation to toxic shock and death, and the bacteria is not just found in health care facilities. The Journal also published an article in April 2006 that discovered that up to 17% of such drug-resistant bacteria infections occur in communities, which may be due to physicians over-prescribing antibiotics for infections that could otherwise go away on their own.
The CDC has published a question and answer page on MRSA. To read it click here.
Click here to read the Foodconsumer.org report.
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