Promising Method For Reducing MRSA Infections In Hospitals
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 11:35
in Health & Medicine
Researchers report that switching between two antibiotics, linezolid and vancomycin, every three months in the surgical ICU decreased the MRSA infection rate from 1.9 to 1.4 patients per 100 admissions. In-hospital mortality from surgical ICU-acquired MRSA infections fell from 3.8 patients per year to none.
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