- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections Among Competitive Sports Participants
Summarizes reports of infections associated with MRSA among participants in competitive sports in Colorado, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Los Angeles County between 2000 and 2003. From the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5233a4.htm
- Healthcare-Associated MRSA (HA-MRSA)
Collection of CDC fact sheets and recommendations concerning Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus infections in hospitals and healthcare facilities.
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa.html
- MRSA: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Provides information about infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that are resistant to normal antibiotics. From the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa.html
- Netdoctor.co.uk: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Infection
Explains how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, which are commonly found on the skin and/or in the noses of healthy people, have become resistant to antibiotics like penicillin, methicillin, and flucloxacillin.
www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/mrsa.htm
- Staph Infection/MRSA
Lists sites that provide general information and pictures of common types of staphylococcal infections. From the University of Iowa's Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.
www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/staph.html
- Community-Associated MRSA (CA-MRSA)
Collection of CDC fact sheets and recommendations concerning Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus infections among people who have not been recently hospitalized.
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca.html
- OSH Answers: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Basic overview of the illness including its symptoms and prevention. From the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.
www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/biol_hazards/methicillin.html
- MRSA Infection Control Policy
Information on transmission and control measures from Yale-New Haven Hospital.
info.med.yale.edu/ynhh/infection/guidelines/mrsa/intro.html
- What Is Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)?
Fact sheet from the NSW Public Health Bulletin.
www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/phb/HTML2003/june03html/factsheetp123.h...
- Evolution of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Canadian Hospitals
(PDF)
2001 study report describing the spread and transmission of the infection over a five-year period. In PDF.
epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/cmaj/vol-165/issue-1/...
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Handout for patients that explains antibiotic-resistant staph infections. From John Hopkins Hospital.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heic/patient/mrsa
- Facts About MRSA
Overview of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, including how to prevent its spread and how MRSA infections are treated.
www.amm.co.uk/files/factsabout/fa_mrsa.htm
- MRSA and Families Network in Ireland
Irish support group dedicated to help MRSA casualties and their family members. Site features information about the antibiotic-resistant disease, provincial groups, news updates, and contacts for legal help.
www.mrsaandfamiliesnetwork.com
- BBC Health: MRSA Infection
From Ask the Doctor, the description of MRSA infection and what it means to have it.
www.bbc.co.uk/health/ask_the_doctor/mrsa.shtml
- BBC News: MRSA 'Superbugs'
Notes about the drug-resistant staph infections and how MRSA infections can prove tough to treat while the number of reports of infections rises year by year.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2572841.stm
- Safe Care Campaign
Safe Care Campaign is an organization created to help eradicate hospital acquired infections.
www.safecarecampaign.org
- CNN: MRSA Infection
Information on MRSA infection, including signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, and more.
www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00735.html
- BBC: MRSA
What is this MRSA, or the superbug, we hear about in the news and why is it such a problem?
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2266715
- CBS News: Super-Resistant Superbugs
May 2004 dated report by Lesley Stahl, on drug-resistant infections including the staph bacteria, MRSA.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/30/60minutes/main614935.shtml
- CNN: Bacteria that Killed Virginia Teen Found in Other Schools
Reports the death of a high school student caused by MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staph infection.
www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/10/18/mrsa.cases/index.html
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