Nosocomial Infections

Researchers offer hope that MRSA spread can be beaten by vaccination

Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 19th, 2006

Superbugs stuck in the noses of patients, visitors and staff could be causing the spread of the feared multiple antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA in hospitals, scientists heard at the Society for General Microbiology’s 158th Meeting at the University of Warwick, UK, but a vaccine may be the way to stop it.

One in five people carries a permanent dose of the common bacterium S. aureus in their noses and another three in five people sometimes have it. The bacteria lurk in nasal passages until they get a chance to attack our bodies through broken skin, ulcers, cuts and other accidents – or a surgical operation.

“Once we...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-04-19)

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