Quotes About MRSA

Some hospitals screen all ICU patients and isolate those with MRSA, a process that can be challenging for both caregivers and patients.

MRSA, which is a kind of super bug mutant, is killing 10,000 people a year in Britain.

MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is an important cause of healthcare-associated infections.

I had a MRSA infection on my ankle. At the time, I had never heard of MRSA. I didn't really know a whole lot about it. It really scared me.

Seven people with MRSA-infected wounds were treated with honey after antibiotics failed to eradicate the infection. All were successfully treated.

Reducing MRSA infections is critical because these bacteria are difficult to treat and are common in healthcare settings, especially among ICU (intensive care unit) patients.

Still, on average, 97 percent of the MRSA isolates were USA300. In addition, 74 percent of them were a single identical strain, dubbed USA300–0114. For a bacterium that usually was extraordinarily diverse, this was unheard-of.11