Tuesday, April 7, 2009

MRSA bacteria breaks out of jail

My article on the MRSA (commonly called Staph A) epidemic, how the first doctor first noticed it in pediatric wards at the University of Chicago Hospitals, and what they did about it is up at the Maroon website.

The doctor who first noticed it is Robert Daum and he was wonderful to interview. He also says he's always looking for volunteers for the MRSA project!

1 comment:

  1. While your article was actually all news to me, the most surprising fact I read was "In a county with a population of 5.2 million, David said, 108,000 people pass through the Cook County Jail in a year—that’s 1 in every 50 citizens." 1 in 50: those statistics shocked me. I guess I live in some sort of positive society bubble.

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