When did we first hear about MRSA, can anyone help?
2007-01-15 05:12:15 · 3 answers · asked by sparkle 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Prahalathan, Its quite known about here.
Though thanks everyone. My boyfriend thought we just discovered it last year lol.
2007-01-15 05:28:21 · update #1
Wow! I didn't know MRSA was known outside the medical community!
Anyway MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) appeared first within one year of the introduction of the drug itself. I think it was in UK in the 1960s itself. Though it was only in the mid 1980s... MRSA assumed alarming proportions forcing discontinuation of the drug in many places
2007-01-15 05:20:07 · answer #1 · answered by Prahalathan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Methicillin resistant S aureus (MRSA) was first identified in 1960. The website below is worth visiting if you want to learn more. To quote from it: 'MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) has hit the headlines recently as the number of serious cases of infection rises in hospitals, which have been attributed to this bacterium. However, it is not only in hospitals that it can be found, and there is now evidence of resistance to antibiotics growing among the strains that are in the community.' .....
2007-01-15 13:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by uknative 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1961 in the United Kingdom.
It is usually only found in hospital settings.
2007-01-15 13:17:36 · answer #3 · answered by David 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋