April 10th, 2008

[past headlines]
Blood From Alligators May Help Treat MRSA Infections
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - Brantford,Ontario,Canada
... blood may provide the basis for new and improved antibiotics that could possibly be used to treat MRSA staph infections as well as for burns and ulcers. ...

Elementary student infected with MRSA
cw2.com - Denver,CO,USA
by Audra Ensign, News2 FIRESTONE (KWGN) - A third grader at Prairie Ridge Elementary School in Firestone has been diagnosed with MRSA, which is a ...

Local man battled rare type of MRSA
Tunkhannock New Age Examiner - Tunkhannock,PA,USA
Corey Susz, 38, Tunkhannock, recently battled with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, more commonly known as MRSA. In most cases, MRSA produces ...

Third MRSA Case Reported in Longmont School District
My Fox Colorado.com - Denver,CO,USA
By KIM POSEY, Reporter LONGMONT -- A third-grade student in Firestone has been diagnosed with MRSA, a highly contagious and drug resistant form of staff ...

Cross Lanes Elementary students are treated for possible MRSA ...
Charleston Gazette - WV, USA
By Davin White In recent weeks, two students at Cross Lanes Elementary suffered staph infections that physicians believe might have been MRSA, ...

Building a Resistance Against MRSA
EMS1.com - Emergency Medical Service Resources - San Francisco,CA,USA
Methicillin Resistance Staphlococcus aureus (MRSA) is now playing in your neighborhood. What is Staphlococcus aureus? Staphlo (cluster or grapelike) ...

Patient care 'not top priority'
Lancashire Telegraph - Blackburn,England,UK
The poll also found wide variations between hospitals on measures to fight infections such as Clostridium difficile (C diff) and MRSA. ...

MRSA problem in jail?
Tampa Bay's 10 - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Clearwater, Florida -- There's another inmate in the Pinellas County jail with an apparent case of MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staph infection. ...

Third MRSA case reported in St. Vrain school district since Feb.
KJCT8.com - Grand Junction,CO,USA
(AP) - A Firestone third-grader has been diagnosed with a drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA (MUR'-suh). It's the third MRSA case in the St. Vrain ...