tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 38

Epidemics: Make Sure You Document Potentially Deadly Staph Strain

Use V09.0 in addition to 041.11 for MRSA Researchers and epidemiologists are seeing a terrifying increase in drug-resistant staph infections across the United States, according to reports presented at the meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in Boston last month. While most cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) just cause nasty skin infections, some can lead to "flesh-eating" necrotizing fascitis infections. One report to the IDSA cited 14 cases of necrotizing fascitis in the past year, according to the Associated Press. Last year, 17 people came down with MRSA-related pneumonia, and five died. Some antibiotics...

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