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'''Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus''' (MRSA) is an antibiotic-resistant infectious disease first seen in the UK in 1961.[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=321690].  The disease declined over the next decade but re-emerged in hospitals in Eastern Australia in the late 1970's. [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no02/05-0454.htm].  A global epidemic [http://www.treatmentabroad.net/medical-tourism/mrsa-infection] that is now considered both epidemic and endemic in US hospitals [http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1840.htm], the disease is most commonly acquired by those in healthcare facilities, as the bacteria can easily enter the body through a wound, catheter, or intravenous tube [http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=252&sectionId=5].  Patients in health care facilities typically have weakened immune systems due to being in an antibiotic-rich environment, and the bacteria especially thrive in such environments.  The disease is also seen among dialysis patients, athletes, military recruits, children, children in day care, Pacific Islanders, Alaskan Natives, Native Americans, gay men, prisoners and foal-watchers, and even their baby horses, among others.[http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca_clinicians.html][http://mrsaactionuk.net/][http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5609a3.htm][http://www.nyas.org/ebrief/miniEB.asp?eBriefID=626]  In a July 2007 study of 1,237 US hospitals, the infection rate was 46.3 patients in every 1,000.  This rate is 8-11 times greater than previously estimated.[http://www.apic.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ResearchFoundation/NationalMRSAPrevalenceStudy/APIC_MRSA_STUDY_EXEC.pdf]  The CDC reports an infection rate for the general US population of 0.32 in 1000.

'''Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus''' (MRSA) is an antibiotic-resistant infectious disease first seen in the UK in 1961.[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=321690].  The disease declined over the next decade but re-emerged in hospitals in Eastern Australia in the late 1970s. [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no02/05-0454.htm].  A global epidemic [http://www.treatmentabroad.net/medical-tourism/mrsa-infection] that is now considered both epidemic and endemic in US hospitals [http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1840.htm], the disease is most commonly acquired by those in healthcare facilities, as the bacteria can easily enter the body through a wound, catheter, or intravenous tube [http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=252&sectionId=5].  Patients in health care facilities typically have weakened immune systems due to being in an antibiotic-rich environment, and the bacteria especially thrive in such environments.  The disease is also seen among dialysis patients, athletes, military recruits, children, children in day care, Pacific Islanders, Alaskan Natives, Native Americans, gay men, prisoners and foal-watchers, and even their baby horses, among others.[http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca_clinicians.html][http://mrsaactionuk.net/][http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5609a3.htm][http://www.nyas.org/ebrief/miniEB.asp?eBriefID=626]  In a July 2007 study of 1,237 US hospitals, the infection rate was 46.3 patients in every 1,000.  This rate is 8-11 times greater than previously estimated.[http://www.apic.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ResearchFoundation/NationalMRSAPrevalenceStudy/APIC_MRSA_STUDY_EXEC.pdf]  The CDC reports an infection rate for the general US population of 0.32 in 1000.

==Gay Plague==

==Gay Plague==

==References==

==References==

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==See also==

==See also==

*[[Multidrug resistance]] (MDR)

*[[Multidrug resistance]] (MDR)