According to a new study, sepsis and pneumonia, two common conditions caused by hospital-aquired infections like MRSA, killed 48,000 Americans in 2006, and cost the nation over 8 billion dollars to treat.
» Read more: 48,000 Americans Killed in One Year By Hospital MRSA
As many as 1.2 million hospital patients are infected with dangerous, drug-resistant staph infections each year, almost 10 times more than previous estimates, based on findings from a major new study in 2007. And about 48,000 to 119,000 hospital patients a year may be dying from Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) infections, far more than previously thought, the study reveals. » Read more: 1.2 million hospital patients Risk Drug Resistant Staph
© 2012 MRSA Fact Sheet · Proudly powered by WordPress & Green Park 2 by Cordobo|Privacy.
Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid CSS 3
