MRSA Cases Nearly Double Over 5-Year Span at Academic Hospitals

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Researchers determined the number of MRSA infections at academic medical centers increased from 20.9 per 1,000 hospital discharges in 2003 to 41.7 per 1,000 hospital discharges in 2008, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on MRSA.

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