New Report Reveals Battle Against Staph Infections
The Journal of the American Medical Association wrote in an editorial recently that deaths from staph infections may have exceeded deaths associated with AIDS. The report further explains that more that 90,000 Americans contract the deadly infection each year. The staph infection is drug-resistant, thus called a “superbug”. The rate of infections was reported to be 32 invasive infections per 100,000 people. The staph germ has gone beyond its usual haunts from the traditional hospital setting and expanded into the general health care system. An invasive infection involves those that enter the bloodstream, destroy flesh and can eventually become deadly. Samplings of victims of this “superbug” are people who recently had surgery, were on kidney dialysis, had open wounds or were exposed to medical equipment infected with the germ. The staph bug has recently been found to spread through prisons, gyms and locker rooms and poor urban areas.
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