Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Director's Comments: MRSA (Superbug)

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on MRSA (Superbug). The transcript is also available.

Nearly 19,000 Americans died in 2005 from a virulent, drug-resistant bacteria called MRSA, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The estimated fatalities means the number of Americans who died from MRSA was more than the deaths attributed to HIV-AIDS, Parkinson"s disease, emphysema, or homicides in 2005...




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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

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