Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Deaths, costs soar with MRSA infections: report

by Cindy Becker
Pennsylvania hospitals reported 13,722 hospitalizations in which patientshad a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection in 2004, or atotal rate of 7.4 infections for every 1,000 hospitalizations, according toa research brief by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council. Read more...

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