Staph infection USA 300 crisis traced to single strain

Link: MyrtleBeachOnline.com | 02/21/2008 | Staph infection crisis traced to single strain.

DeLeo's research, the first study to compare DNA fingerprints of the microbe from various parts of the country, traces the origins of community-acquired MRSA and resolves a heated scientific debate. His findings rule out the previously held notion that multiple strains of MRSA emerged randomly with similar characteristics. MRSA was once a hospital-acquired organism. Now, that it is spreading in communities, the bacteria are being brought into hospitals from the outside.