CDC's 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) (MRSA)

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit .
• Description:
  Type: Bacteria
  
  Also known as: Resistant staph (short for Staphylococcus)
  
  About: S. aureus are common bacteria that spread in healthcare facilities and the community. MRSA can cause difficult-to-treat staph infections because of resistance to some antibiotics.
  
  Estimated cases in hospitalized patients in 2017: 323,700
  
  Estimated deaths in 2017: 10,600
  
  This fact sheet is part of CDC’s 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report.
  
  The full report, including data sources, is available at www.cdc.gov/DrugResistance/Biggest-Threats.html.
  
  CS298822-A
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  mrsa-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Infective Agents Antimicrobial Stewardship Drug Resistance, Microbial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Staphylococcal Infections
• Series:
  Antibiotic Resistance Threats Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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