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Community-Origin MRSA Emerging in High-Risk Newborns
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Newborns admitted to intensive care nurseries are frequently colonized by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). According to a prospective surveillance study conducted in Atlanta, MRSA isolates from these patients are increasingly found to be of community origin rather than nosocomial, and appear to be transmitted vertically during birth. Reuters Health Information
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Protocols for Isoniazid-Resistant TB Can Fail, Lead to MDR-TB
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Regimens previously recommended for the treatment of isoniazid-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis carry some risk of failure, and such failure can be accompanied by the development of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), according to a small, retrospective study by Korean researchers. Reuters Health Information
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