Article: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in rural communities, Western United States.(RESEARCH)

Article: New Study Links Animal Agriculture to More Than 20% of ...
U.S. Newswire;  December 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... antibiotics in food animals in the United States is contributing to the reported surge of MRSA cases in the United States. A study published earlier ... estimated almost 100,000 MRSA infections in the United States in 2005, nearly 19,000 ...

Article: MRSA infections: tougher than Kevlar; Prevention is ...
Law Enforcement Technology;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... correctional facilities in the United States. The bacteria causes a ... of skin infection in the United States and are a common cause of ... infections. The majority of MRSA infections occur among patients in ... that 12 percent of clinical MRSA infections are ...

Article: LEGISLATION CALLS FOR TESTING PATIENTS TO REDUCE SPREAD OF ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  November 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. That is why I sponsor legislation ... compared to 65 percent in the United States and rising every year. VA hospitals ... protocols that have reduced MRSA infections by 50 percent in a pilot program ...

Article: Landmark VA Study Confirms Antibiotic Linezolid is Effective ...
Business Wire;  May 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections conducted to date, research led by ... therapy, vancomycin, for many serious MRSA infections. These include complicated skin and ... Resistant Staphylcoccus aureus (MRSA) Infections," are published in the June 1 issue ...

Article: More MRSA infections are headed your way: cases of ...
Clinical Advisor;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... About 75% of CA-MRSA infections present as skin infections ... MRSA strain in the United States is associated with ... incidence of CA-MRSA infections more than quadrupled ... 30% of hospital MRSA infections. (5) [FIGURE ...

Article: Upsurge seen in pediatric head/neck MRSA ...
Pediatric News;  April 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... alarming" rate across the United States between 2001 and 2006 ... resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections have shown until now ... Approximately 60% of these MRSA infections developed in outpatients ... Also, about 47% of the MRSA infections were resistant to clindamycin ...

Article: Cardinal Health Releases New Tool to Combat MRSA ...
PR Newswire;  October 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Scorecard Provides Hospital-Wide View of MRSA Infections DUBLIN, Ohio, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire ... resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections that are responsible for an estimated ... to track the types and locations of MRSA infections throughout the hospital. The MRSA ...