Baltimore taking steps to curb MRSA infections

Published January 27, 2009 5:00am ET



Baltimore health officials will be encouraging dialysis centers and HIV treatment clinics to review procedures for stopping the spread of drug-resistant staph infections in the wake of two new reports shedding light on the bacteria.

“MRSA has typically been a hospital issue,” Baltimore Health Department Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein said of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, the bacteria that cause sometimes-fatal skin infections.

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