Deadly MRSA strain appears partly immune to treatment
The USA600 strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infects the bloodstream and is five times more lethal than other MRSA strains, and it appears to be partly immune to a drug used to treat it, researchers said. The study found about 50% of patients infected with the strain died within a month.
HealthDay News | 11/01
This story published in AANP SmartBrief on 11/03/2009
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