Connecticut Officials Respond to Community Acquired MRSA Cases in Nine Towns
Connecticut cases of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) ballooned 177% during a 6 year period, according to Department of Public Health statistics released by the state. The skyrocketing community-acquired infection rate far outpaced the 1.6% increase in hospital-acquired MRSA infections during the same period. Community-acquired MRSA is an antibiotic-resistant staph infection contracted in [...]