Medical News: Hospital-Acquired MRSA Poses Risk in Home - in Infectious Disease, Infection Control from MedPage Today

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By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphlycoccus aureus (MRSA) during a hospital stay risk transferring it to household contacts once they're discharged, French researchers said. In a year-long study, about one in five household contacts of colonized patients were found to have the organism, according to Jean-Christophe Lucet, MD, PhD, of the Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital in Paris and colleagues. Read More