Staph superbug infecting patients
You've probably heard about staph infections increasing within prisons and jails, dialysis centers and there was a great story about staph and skid row in the LA Weekly not too long ago, but a new study looks at staph inside hospitals and nursing homes.
The study by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology found that at least 30,000 hospital patients may have the "superbug" at any given time, according to the Associated Press, which reported the story.
The dangerous, drug resistant staph germ infects patients at about 10 times the rate that some health officials had previously estimated, according to the study.
The superbug, known as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, cannot be terminated by common medication, a result of society's over use of antibiotics.