New National CDC Campaign Targets MRSA
The CDC Teach Parents how to Protect Children From Skin Infections Caused by MRSA. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just launched the National MRSA Education Initiative to teach parents how to protect children from skin infections caused by dangerous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) … [Read more...]
VU Doctors Say Skin Infections Going Misdiagnosed
A Warning About Skin Infections From Two Local Physicians. Two local physicians are warning that 60 percent of people entering both the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital emergency departments with seemingly innocuous skin infections such as spider bites or abscessed boils might be … [Read more...]
MRSA Skin Infections Flooding Emergency Department
MRSA Skin Infections Are Taking E.R. Doctors Back To The Pre-Penicillin Days. Methicillin-resistant bacteria are taking emergency room doctors back to the pre-penicillin days, when skin infections were lanced and drained. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection has become the most common cause of skin and soft … [Read more...]
