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Posted: 5:49 AM Nov 24, 2009
MRSA Rising In Outpatient Facilities
The community-associated strain of the superbug MRSA bacteria is on the rise in outpatient hospital facilities.
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A new study finds a seven-fold increase in these strains in outpatient hospitals between 1999 and 2006.
Experts say doctors and patients often move back and forth between inpatient and outpatient units of a hospital. And once there, MRSA can spread easily, endangering patients with vulnerable immune systems.
An estimated 20,000 people in the US die each year with antibiotic-resistant staph infections.
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