Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An Enemy amidst Us

[...]in some regions, CA-MRSA isolates account for 75% of community-associated S. aureus infections in children, creating a public health crisis in the US [1,7]. [...]attempts to contain MRSA using current infection control based in health care facilities are unlikely to succeed without a similar effort to control spread in the community. [...]these studies are conducted, health care practitioners will need to extrapolate from infection control guidelines for controlling MRSA within the hospital.