WHAT IS MRSA? WHY IS MRSA A CONCERN? HOW IS MRSA TREATED?   MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The term is used to describe a number of strains of the bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, that are resistant to a number of antibiotics, including methicillin.  <More>

EVEN HEALTHIEST FALLING TO DRUG RESISTANT 'SUPERBUG' Staph is to blame: Once limited to hospital patients, resistant strains infect the able-bodied <More>

BIOMECHANICS - TEAMS FACE TOUGH OPPONENT IN DEADLY RESISTANT BACTERIA In a sport whose athletes pride themselves on toughness, turf burn isn't the kind of thing that makes a football player go running to the trainer. <More>

SUPERBUG STRONGER THAN ANTIBIOTICS.  A NEW antibiotic-resistant superbug has emerged in Australia causing the death of one man <More>

NEW YORK POST ONLINE - KILLER RASH BREAKS OUT  A vicious skin infection resistant to all but the most powerful antibiotics has jumped out of New York City hospitals and onto the streets. <More>

M.R.S.A. INFECTIONS CAUSING ANXIETY IN U.K. AND U.S.A U.S.A London/Washington - Britain is reported to have one of the worst rates of hospital-acquired M.R.S.A. bloodstream infections in Europe. <More>

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Tough-to-treat infections more widespread. <More>

A DIRECTORY OF OTHER ARTICLES **Note** If you cannot display a file after you click on it, it is probably because it is an archive file (filename ends in .mht) and you do not have Outlook Express installed. It's really a long story but sorry for the inconvenience. <More>