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Posted Sun Nov 1 2009: from Henry Ford Health System, via EurekAlert:
A MRSA strain linked to high death rates http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1257082214
 A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. The study found that 50 percent of the patients infected with the strain died within 30 days compared to 11 percent of patients infected with other MRSA strains. The average 30-day mortality rate for MRSA bloodstream infections ranges from 10 percent to 30 percent.
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