MRSA Notes

As a nail tech myself, I have been very interested in the infections received by people getting pedicures over the last decade.  This is the first article about it that I have seen that says MRSA, although that is what I have thought [...]

This is right “next door” to us, in Texas:
Houston Community Newspapers Online - The Courier - 10/23/2005 - Staph in Montgomery County
A Willis High School football player was hospitalized several days ago with an infection caused by Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a strain of bacteria that has become resistant to Methicillin antibiotics. The football [...]

Here in Texas, for some reason, we seem to be a little more informed that the rest of the country. I am always seeing articles about it in the papers here, and my kids just last week brought an informational paper home from school about MRSA (and have the prior 2 years as well). [...]

This study is from a Texas Children’s Hospital:
“Conclusion: The rapid emergence of CAMRSA as a cause of noninvasive and invasive infections in children, which started occurring in the 1990s, has reached epidemic proportions.”

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med — Abstract: Epidemic of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections: A 14-Year Study at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, October 2005, [...]