New Clinical Guidelines for MRSA Treatment

Categories: Healthcare-associated infections, MRSA

March 18th, 2011 1:43 pm ET -
Catherine Liu, MD

Catherine Liu, MD

Author – Dr. Catherine Liu
Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) – both healthcare- and community-associated – has become an enormous public health problem. MRSA is responsible for about 60 percent of skin and soft tissue infections seen in emergency rooms, and invasive MRSA kills about 18,000 people annually.