While the incidence of the most common strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has decreased in hospital-onset cases, new research shows that it has failed to decline in the general community, as evidenced from the study in The Journal of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. MRSA infections are an ongoing issue in healthcare settings, but the […]
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Dominant Strain of Drug-Resistant MRSA Decreases in Hospitals but Persists in the Community
May 6, 2016Category: Antibiotic Resistance, Infection Prevention, MRSA
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