"Protect yourself from 'superbug' infections"- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (10-29-07)

"Experts are advising people to take the antibiotic-resistant "superbug" bacteria seriously and take steps to prevent its spread because it can be deadly, although it usually is not."

"MRSA found at city college"- The Times Tribune- (10-31-07)

"A Lackawanna College football player has been diagnosed with a MRSA staph infection, college officials confirmed Tuesday.

“Obviously it’s a cause for concern,” Lackawanna spokesman Kevin O’Hara said.

Several local schools have recently reported cases of MRSA, including Dunmore, Wyoming Area and Wilkes-Barre Area. Those schools have been disinfected, and no additional cases have been reported."

"Best way to stop MRSA is to know how to spot, prevent it"-The Times Leader (10-31-07)

"The Centers for Disease Control reports that about 25 to 30 percent of the population is “colonized” – meaning that they carry the bacteria but do not have an infection.

Most staph skin infections are minor, but there are some very serious staph cases that are bloodstream infections and can cause pneumonia."

"'Superbug' spreading, but statistics about it aren't"-The Houston Chronicle (10-29-07)

"The so-called "superbug" kills more people than AIDS, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which estimates that 18,700 people nationwide died of invasive MRSA in 2005. AIDS claimed about 17,000 lives in this country that year, the CDC reports".

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