Prevention efforts target drug-resistant staph.

From: The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA) | Date: August 25, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: David Wenner

Aug. 25--Many people have the bacteria that causes staph infections on their skin or in their nose, yet they don't get sick.

But a type of staph that's immune to a powerful antibiotic has become more common and often turns up outside hospitals. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, commonly called MRSA infections, have been seen spreading among children who play contact sports.

MRSA infections caused 13,722 hospitalizations in Pennsylvania in 2004, according to a new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment ...

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