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CDC: Drug-resistant staph deaths may surpass AIDS toll
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/10/16/mrsa.cdc.ap/index.html
Quote : | " CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported Tuesday in its first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ.
![](http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/HEALTH/conditions/10/16/mrsa.cdc.ap/art.MRSA.cdc.jpg) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can be carried by healthy people, living on the skin or in their noses.
Deaths tied to these infections may exceed those caused by AIDS, said one public health expert commenting on the new study. The report shows just how far one form of the staph germ has spread beyond its traditional hospital setting.
The overall incidence rate was about 32 invasive infections per 100,000 people. That's an "astounding" figure, said an editorial in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, which published the study. " |
[Edited on October 16, 2007 at 5:36 PM. Reason : ] 10/16/2007 5:36:04 PM
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fjjackso All American 14538 Posts user info edit post |
you first 10/16/2007 5:38:13 PM
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puppy All American 8888 Posts user info edit post |
we all are going to die! 10/16/2007 5:38:30 PM
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drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
who wants to live forever anyways 10/16/2007 5:38:56 PM
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arcgreek All American 26690 Posts user info edit post |
![](http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2007/05/070503094447.jpg)
10/16/2007 5:42:25 PM
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arcgreek All American 26690 Posts user info edit post |
![](http://www.cchealth.org/topics/mrsa/img/mrsa_skin_154_154.jpg)
10/16/2007 5:43:37 PM
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simonn best gottfriend 28968 Posts user info edit post |
that's nothing, did you hear the sun's going to blow up? 10/16/2007 5:46:16 PM
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terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
bttt 10/18/2007 10:11:46 AM
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jackleg All American 170962 Posts user info edit post |
no, INGMSR, you are going to die 10/18/2007 10:30:02 AM
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terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
i'm scared! 10/18/2007 10:32:10 AM
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terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
School Closings due to MRSA superbug
http://new.wset.com/news/stories/1007/464412.html 10/18/2007 10:43:58 AM
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EMCE balls deep 89872 Posts user info edit post |
if I get sick, I'm going to drive to raleigh and cough on each and every one of you 10/18/2007 10:48:30 AM
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