Bigger, Badder Infections Spreading in Clusters (« Click the link for full article.)
Thursday, June 30th, 2005Doctors around the country are facing patients who come back with infections that are not cured by the antibiotics they prescribed. A staph resistant bacteria strain is becoming more and more common and our doctors need to start draining abscesses and taking cultures again. The new resistant staff requires fast treatment with specific antibiotics such as Cipromyacin and macrolids. Staph infections are such a common problem that the emergence of infections resistant to common antibiotics has important public health implications.
