80% of facelift surgery infections are MRSA “superbugs”
Natural NewsPosted: September 2nd, 2008 by Steve Trinward
“Eighty percent of all surgical-site infections that occur after face lifts are caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a study conducted by researchers from the Lennox Hill-Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital and published in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant form of the common ’staph’ infection, has already become the leading organism responsible for skin, soft tissue, and surgical-site infections in the United States in general. Due to its higher virulence and resistance to the most common first-line antibiotics, MRSA kills three times as many patients as more conventional S. aureus infections.” (09/01/08)
