MicroPhage, Inc. Raises Additional Funding to Respond to 'Superbug Crisis'.

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LONGMONT, Colo. -- The October 17 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association includes an article on the increasing incidence and burden of invasive MRSA (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections. These infections were reported to be approximately 32 infections per 100,000 people in the U.S., which translates to more than 94,000 of these infections in 2005 (the study year). "This is a significant public health problem. We should be very worried," said Scott K. Fridkin, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC and author of the study, in an article published in today's Washington Post.

The majority of these invasive infections were found to occur outside of the hospital setting (58%); however, the authors noted that "...most of these infections were caused by MRSA strains of health care origin," suggesting that these patients acquired these bacteria from recent...

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