New study finds MRSA on the rise in hospital outpatients

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 08:35 in Health & Medicine

Washington, D.C. -- The community-associated strain of the deadly superbug MRSA -- an infection-causing bacteria resistant to most common antibiotics -- poses a far greater health threat than previously known and is making its way into hospitals, according to a study in the December issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.

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