November 13th, 2007

[past headlines]

MRSA germ undermines body's defences
CTV.ca - Canada
The antibiotic-resistant staph infection called MRSA that has caused thousands of infections in Canadian hospitals seems to attack the body's defenses by ...

MRSA: Fighting The Superbug
CBS News - New York, NY, USA
Researchers struggle to control a deadly, drug-resistant superbug known as MRSA that has caused fear across the country. Lesley Stahl reports. ...

Two more MRSA cases discovered in county
Pryor Daily Times - Pryor, OK, USA
Two more Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cases were discovered in Mayes County children this week. Chouteau schools were notified Monday ...

Palestine Boy Infected by MRSA, Schools Shut Down
Today's THV - Little Rock, AR, USA
The boy's mother says something should have been done sooner, so her son would not have been infected and have to endure the effects of MRSA. ...

Canadian researchers find drug-resistant Staph in pigs, pig farmers
The Canadian Press -
TORONTO - Canadian researchers have found two major strains of the superbug MRSA on pigs - and pig farmers - in southwestern Ontario, the first time the ...

MRSA-Infected Student's Relatives Booted From School
NBC5.com - Chicago, IL, USA
CHICAGO -- One mother says it all started when her son contracted MRSA, a drug-resistant staph infection that kept him out of school. ...

Worry over MRSA infects nation
Loyola College Greyhound (subscription) - Baltimore, MD, USA
Infection rates of the now infamous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain of staph in community associated settings are much higher in ...
 

LeBonheur Treating Arkansas Boy with MRSA
MyFox Memphis - Memphis, TN, USA
Community acquired MRSA is a type of staph that is resistant to penicillin and related antibiotics, but it's treatable. It's the same staph infection ...