Community-associated MRSA becomes harder to treat
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
October 29, 2008
Drug-resistant staph bacteria found in the community are more often becoming harder to treat, reports The Boston Globe. Although community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has usually been easier to treat than the strain of bacteria found in hospitals, the two are now becoming equally as difficult to treat. When this stronger community-acquired MRSA makes its way into hospitals, it becomes even harder to treat because the two types of MRSA swap gene components, making a stronger version of the bacteria.
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