'Superbug' infections decline for procedure

Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 02:15 in Health & Medicine

Complications caused by the drug-resistant MSRA bacteria have declined by half for catheter insertions at intensive-care units. Bloodstream infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , or MRSA, have dropped 50% in the last decade, at least for one high-risk medical procedure, according to a new study.

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