Infectious Diseases

Infection control experts warn of a more aggressive form of MRSA

Published in Law and Health Weekly, October 14th, 2006

Infection control experts at Johns Hopkins are sounding the alarm for vulnerable health care workers to be on the lookout for a more aggressive form of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), called community-acquired MRSA. MRSA infections are resistant to commonly used antibiotics, including oxacillin (Bactocil), penicillin and cephalexin (Keflex).

The warning follows a Hopkins-funded investigation of the infection in two health care workers in a very busy outpatient clinic for people with HIV at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2004, revealing contamination to be widespread in the clinic and a greater potential risk to staff and patient safety than...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2006-10-14)

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