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   MRSA

• CDC/NIOSH: MRSA and the Workplace (Site) - Factsheet with prevention measures and diease information.
• CDC: Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Stapylococcus aureus (Site) - Fact sheet on an antibiotic resistant strain of staph.
• Wikipedia: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Site) - Encyclopedia article with history, symptoms and signs, treatment, and prevention.
• MRSA Notes (Site) - Weblog with recent news about the disease and outbreaks.
• Health Protection Agency (Site) - Factsheet from the UK agency.
• Massachusetts Bureau of Communicable Disease Control: Antibiotic Resistance Web Site (Site) - Provides information about antibiotic resistance as well as specific bacteria that have developed antibiotic resistance.
• Minnesota Dept. of Health: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Site) - Disease statistics and basics, plus information for schools, health professionals, correctional facilities, and athletic programs.
• Guidelines for the Control of MRSA (Site) - Full version provided online by The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
• CDC: MRSA in Schools (Site) - Factsheet with disease information and prevention methods.
• Johns Hopkins Medical: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Site) - Factsheet about the disease with disease information and epidemiology.
• MRSA Watch (Site) - Features news, disease information, and links to related resources.
• CBC News In Depth: Hospital infections (Site) - Information about MRSA, VRE and ESBL bacteria from the Canadian broadcast company.
• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: MRSA Infection (Site) - Includes cause, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
• North Carolina Public Health: What is Community-Associated MRSA (Site) - Series of factsheets about the disease.
• MedlinePlus: MRSA (Site) - Features news, links to related resources, articles, and research.
• NIAID, NIH: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Site) - Includes symptoms, cause, news, research, transmission, treatment, and prevention.
• Mayo Clinic: MRSA Infection (Site) - Overview of the symptoms, causes, and treatment of this virulent staph infection.
• CDC: MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (Site) - Fact sheets for patients and healthcare personnel about MRSA. Also general information on laboratory detection as well as non-hospital healthcare settings.
• Postgraduate Medicine: Containing methicillin-resistant S aureus (Site) - Research article discussing epidemiology, risk factors, detection, treatment, and prevention.
• DermNet NZ: MRSA (Site) - Facts about the disease from the New Zealand Dermatological Society.
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts MRSA Infection Control Guidelines (Site) - Guidelines for long term care facilities with suggestions that apply to all at risk places.
• Texas Department of State Health Services: MRSA (Site) - Series of factsheets and presentations about the disease in several different environments.
• Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services: MRSA (Site) - Outbreak prevention, risk factors, and handling MRSA carriers.
• New York State Department of Health: MRSA (Site) - Factsheets, alerts and advisories, press releases, eduactional material, and resources.
• MRSA and Families Network (Site) - Irish organization. Includes contacts, links, disease information, and news.
• Medscape: Questions About MRSA and Answers From the Experts (Site) - Includes factsheet with photographs.
• MRSA Action UK (Site) - Organization with the purpose to raise public awareness about the disease and influence the government and healthcare sectors. Includes news, forum, weblog, newsletter, memorials, and disease information.
• VisualDxHealth: MRSA (Site) - Signs, symptoms, and photographs of the disease.
• Living with MRSA (Site) - Includes factsheet with illustrations from the Tacoma-Pierce County, Washington Health Department.
• MRSA Resources (Site) - Produced by survivors of the disease. Includes personal stories, forum, links, disease information, and factsheets.
• Topix: MRSA News (Site) - Headline links from media sources worldwide.
• MRSA Survivors Network (Site) - Features survivor's stories, advocacy work, disease information, and factsheets.
• BBC Action Network: MRSA: (Site) - Answers frequently asked questions about the disease.
• Electronic Collection Virtual Collection of Monographs and Periodicals (Site) - The evolution of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals. 5 yrs of national surveillance. In French and English.
• NHS Direct: MRSA (Site) - Factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
• Rhoda’s MRSA Story (Site) - Features a weblog containing information and news about MRSA and CA MRSA, written by the mother of a victim.

• CDC/NIOSH: MRSA and the Workplace (Site) - Factsheet with prevention measures and diease information.
• CDC: Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Stapylococcus aureus (Site) - Fact sheet on an antibiotic resistant strain of staph.
• Wikipedia: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Site) - Encyclopedia article with history, symptoms and signs, treatment, and prevention.
• MRSA Notes (Site) - Weblog with recent news about the disease and outbreaks.
• Health Protection Agency (Site) - Factsheet from the UK agency.
• Massachusetts Bureau of Communicable Disease Control: Antibiotic Resistance Web Site (Site) - Provides information about antibiotic resistance as well as specific bacteria that have developed antibiotic resistance.
• Minnesota Dept. of Health: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Site) - Disease statistics and basics, plus information for schools, health professionals, correctional facilities, and athletic programs.
• Guidelines for the Control of MRSA (Site) - Full version provided online by The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
• CDC: MRSA in Schools (Site) - Factsheet with disease information and prevention methods.
• Johns Hopkins Medical: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Site) - Factsheet about the disease with disease information and epidemiology.
• MRSA Watch (Site) - Features news, disease information, and links to related resources.
• CBC News In Depth: Hospital infections (Site) - Information about MRSA, VRE and ESBL bacteria from the Canadian broadcast company.
• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: MRSA Infection (Site) - Includes cause, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
• North Carolina Public Health: What is Community-Associated MRSA (Site) - Series of factsheets about the disease.
• MedlinePlus: MRSA (Site) - Features news, links to related resources, articles, and research.
• NIAID, NIH: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Site) - Includes symptoms, cause, news, research, transmission, treatment, and prevention.
• Mayo Clinic: MRSA Infection (Site) - Overview of the symptoms, causes, and treatment of this virulent staph infection.
• CDC: MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (Site) - Fact sheets for patients and healthcare personnel about MRSA. Also general information on laboratory detection as well as non-hospital healthcare settings.
• Postgraduate Medicine: Containing methicillin-resistant S aureus (Site) - Research article discussing epidemiology, risk factors, detection, treatment, and prevention.
• DermNet NZ: MRSA (Site) - Facts about the disease from the New Zealand Dermatological Society.
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts MRSA Infection Control Guidelines (Site) - Guidelines for long term care facilities with suggestions that apply to all at risk places.
• Texas Department of State Health Services: MRSA (Site) - Series of factsheets and presentations about the disease in several different environments.
• Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services: MRSA (Site) - Outbreak prevention, risk factors, and handling MRSA carriers.
• New York State Department of Health: MRSA (Site) - Factsheets, alerts and advisories, press releases, eduactional material, and resources.
• MRSA and Families Network (Site) - Irish organization. Includes contacts, links, disease information, and news.
• Medscape: Questions About MRSA and Answers From the Experts (Site) - Includes factsheet with photographs.
• MRSA Action UK (Site) - Organization with the purpose to raise public awareness about the disease and influence the government and healthcare sectors. Includes news, forum, weblog, newsletter, memorials, and disease information.
• VisualDxHealth: MRSA (Site) - Signs, symptoms, and photographs of the disease.
• Living with MRSA (Site) - Includes factsheet with illustrations from the Tacoma-Pierce County, Washington Health Department.
• MRSA Resources (Site) - Produced by survivors of the disease. Includes personal stories, forum, links, disease information, and factsheets.
• Topix: MRSA News (Site) - Headline links from media sources worldwide.
• MRSA Survivors Network (Site) - Features survivor's stories, advocacy work, disease information, and factsheets.
• BBC Action Network: MRSA: (Site) - Answers frequently asked questions about the disease.
• Electronic Collection Virtual Collection of Monographs and Periodicals (Site) - The evolution of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals. 5 yrs of national surveillance. In French and English.
• NHS Direct: MRSA (Site) - Factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
• Rhoda’s MRSA Story (Site) - Features a weblog containing information and news about MRSA and CA MRSA, written by the mother of a victim.
• Readers Digest: Deadly Superbugs () - News article about the rise in CA-MRSA cases.
• JAMA: MRSA Infections () - Article with facts about the disease in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

RSS News

• Topix: MRSA News (RSS) - Headline news about the disease.