Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Finally, Some Good News: Superbugs (You Know, MRSA) May Be on the Decline

It can sometimes seem like what's bad just keeps getting worse, but that may not be the case for MRSA, at least in hospital settings. The CDC reports that the superbug may be on the decline. Great news for all of us, and me, as I have a hospital stay coming up ...


The antibiotic-resistant microbe called MRSA was once believed to be running rampant in hospitals. And while it's still a concerns, the CDC recently reported that infection rates from hospital-acquired MRSA are down 28 percent.


"We are encouraged by the findings," said CDC's Dr. Alexander Kallen, whose study is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.


The data gives health experts the confidence to report that "invasive MRSA infections are decreasing." That's great news for all of us--especially those of us who have hospital stays coming up this year (I'm having a baby in February!).


Super news, huh? Any readers out there who picked up MRSA at a hospital want to chime in?

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