How Serious Is MRSA?
MRSA Hospitalizations and Deaths
In the United States 90,000 persons are hospitalized each year in the United States with a serious MRSA infection, leading to approximately 15,000 deaths. It is estimated that 85% of these MRSA infections, and subsequent deaths, are secondary to HA-MRSA.1
HA-MRSA is MRSA found in hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
MRSA Is All Too Common
- MRSA bacteria are the cause of more than 50% of all skin infections that occur in our communities.
- MRSA bacteria are the cause of 60% of all staph infections that occur in hospitals.
1 JAMA, 2007 Oct 17; 298 (15): 1765-71)