Rates of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection—drug-resistant staph infection acquired outside the hospital setting—are significantly higher in the Chicago area among people with HIV than in people who are HIV negative, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
MRSA has been in the news quite a bit in recent years. Originally an infection transmitted solely in hospital settings, it is now prevalent in communities where there is a lot of person-to-person contact, such as in child daycare facilities and prisons and among athletes and men who have sex with men (MSM).
Source: AID MEDS, March 5, 2010
MRSA: a bacteria that may cause different infections. Most are easy to cure but some may be extremely dangerous even fatal. Read more on MRSA
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