Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Multidrug-resistant CA-MRSA emergent clones are a major public health concern in Australia
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 11th, 2006
According to a study from Australia, "Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was first reported in Western Australia in the early 1990s from indigenous peoples living in remote areas.
"Although a statewide policy of screening all hospital patients and staff who have lived outside the state for MRSA has prevented the establishment of multidrug-resistant epidemic MRSA, the policy has not prevented SCCmec type IV and type V MRSA clones from becoming...
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