Efforts to stop aggressive, drug-resistant staph infections from spreading through hospitals and outpatient care settings such as dialysis centers seem to be working, according to surveillance of nine communities including Monroe County.
The new federal study of methicillin-resistant staph, or MRSA, focused on invasive cases that can become deadly.
MRSA cases contracted in hospitals fell by 28 percent from 2005 to 2008. Cases contracted in the community within a year after being cared for in a hospital, nursing home or outpatient setting such as a dialysis center dropped by 17 percent in that time period.
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