MRSA Staphylococcal Bacterial Infectious Diseases

MRSA Staphylococcal Bacterial Infectious Diseases

MRSA is short for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. There are currently two types of MRSA: community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) and hospital-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA).

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Electronic Collection Virtual Collection of Monographs and Periodicals - The evolution of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals. 5 yrs of national surveillance. In French and English. [PDF]
Readers Digest: Deadly Superbugs - News article about the rise in CA-MRSA cases.
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services: MRSA - Outbreak prevention, risk factors, and handling MRSA carriers.
MRSA and Families Network - Irish organization. Includes contacts, links, disease information, and news.
CDC/NIOSH: MRSA and the Workplace - Factsheet with prevention measures and disease information.
Texas Department of State Health Services: MRSA - Series of factsheets and presentations about the disease in several different environments.
MedlinePlus: MRSA - Features news, links to related resources, articles, and research.
CBC News In Depth: Hospital infections - Information about MRSA, VRE and ESBL bacteria from the Canadian broadcast company.
MRSA Resources - Produced by survivors of the disease. Includes personal stories, forum, links, disease information, and factsheets.
MRSA Notes - Weblog with recent news about the disease and outbreaks.
VisualDxHealth: MRSA - Signs, symptoms, and photographs of the disease.
Guidelines for the Control of MRSA - Full version provided online by The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
Living with MRSA - Includes factsheet with illustrations from the Tacoma-Pierce County, Washington Health Department. [PDF]
North Carolina Public Health: What is Community-Associated MRSA - Series of factsheets about the disease.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: MRSA Infection - Includes cause, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
CDC: MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - Fact sheets for patients and healthcare personnel about MRSA. Also general information on laboratory detection as well as non-hospital healthcare settings.
Mayo Clinic: MRSA Infection - Overview of the symptoms, causes, and treatment of this virulent staph infection.
CDC: MRSA in Schools - Factsheet with disease information and prevention methods.
Health Protection Agency - Factsheet from the UK agency. [PDF]
MRSA Action UK - Organization with the purpose to raise public awareness about the disease and influence the government and healthcare sectors. Includes news, forum, weblog, newsletter, memorials, and disease information.
Massachusetts Bureau of Communicable Disease Control: Antibiotic Resistance Web Site - Provides information about antibiotic resistance as well as specific bacteria that have developed antibiotic resistance.
DermNet NZ: MRSA - Facts about the disease from the New Zealand Dermatological Society.
MRSA Watch - Features news, disease information, and links to related resources.
CDC: Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Stapylococcus aureus - Fact sheet on an antibiotic resistant strain of staph.
New York State Department of Health: MRSA - Factsheets, alerts and advisories, press releases, eduactional material, and resources.
Johns Hopkins Medical: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - Factsheet about the disease with disease information and epidemiology.
BBC Action Network: MRSA: - Answers frequently asked questions about the disease.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts MRSA Infection Control Guidelines - Guidelines for long term care facilities with suggestions that apply to all at risk places. [PDF]
NIAID, NIH: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Includes symptoms, cause, news, research, transmission, treatment, and prevention.
NHS Direct: MRSA - Factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Minnesota Dept. of Health: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Disease statistics and basics, plus information for schools, health professionals, correctional facilities, and athletic programs.
Wikipedia: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Encyclopedia article with history, symptoms and signs, treatment, and prevention.
MRSA Survivors Network - Features survivor's stories, advocacy work, disease information, and factsheets.
Medscape: Questions About MRSA and Answers From the Experts - Includes factsheet with photographs.
JAMA: MRSA Infections - Article with facts about the disease in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Rhoda’s MRSA Story - Features a weblog containing information and news about MRSA and CA MRSA, written by the mother of a victim.

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