Back to MRSA Staph Infection News ListHealth Protection Agency And Office For National Statistics Publish Study Of Deaths Following MRSA Infection UKNew research published today by the Health Protection Agency and the Office for National Statistics has found that the majority of patients dying following MRSA infection had significant underlying chronic medical conditions and had short life expectancies, irrespective of their MRSA infection. The two year confidential study, commissioned by the Department of Health , reviewed a small randomly selected sample of patients in two phases. [click link for full article] Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/mrsa-superbug/
In addition to healthcare associated infections, MRSA can also infect people in the community at large, generally as skin infections that look like pimples or boils and can be swollen, painful and have draining pus. These skin infections often occur in otherwise healthy people.
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