This is another article, from the LA Times about the MRSA study, and how it will be used as a baseline to start tracking the spread of MRSA in the U.S.A.
Drug-resistant bugs find sanctuary in our noses - Los Angeles Times
Because a study of this magnitude has never been done before, the results on staph and MRSA will act as a baseline for researchers attempting to monitor the potential growth of the strain. Adding to the need to better understand MRSA is that many infected people disclaim contact with any of what were thought to be the riskiest areas outside of hospitals for spread: athletic locker rooms, gyms, prisons and spas.
“I’d say the unexplained cases are now the majority of cases,” says Gregory Moran, emergency room physician at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.
Moran reported last summer in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases that MRSA is the most common cause of skin infections in patients at his hospital’s emergency room. The proportion of MRSA infections increased from 29% in 2001-2002 to 69% in 2003-2004.
Nationwide, MRSA has also become the most common cause of skin infections seen in emergency rooms. A new study under review by the New England Journal of Medicine, he said, looked at 11 centers nationwide and found MRSA to be the cause in 59% of skin infections.
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rochelle // Jul 1, 2007 at 12:49 am
had 3 bouts of MRSA, i have asthma?, mrsa first on foot, then under the skin on stomach after bumping on a door knob, lastly the lips would not heal, still treating.
donna fleming // Aug 4, 2007 at 5:07 pm
are any studies being done with petgroomers vs. mrsa. I have a number of friends that have been told they have MRSA by their family physician that are pet groomers. One individual has it as well as her husband and daughter thanks for any information donna fleming
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