 Readers Digest: Deadly Superbugs - http://www.rd.com/content/methicillin-resistant-staphylococcus-aureus/ News article about the rise in CA-MRSA cases. |
 Topix: MRSA News - http://www.topix.com/rss/health/mrsa Headline news about the disease. |
 Topix: MRSA News - http://www.topix.com/health/mrsa Headline links from media sources worldwide. |
 Medscape: Questions About MRSA and Answers From the Experts - http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/546221 Includes factsheet with photographs. |
 CDC: MRSA in Schools - http://www.cdc.gov/Features/MRSAinSchools/ Factsheet with disease information and prevention methods. |
 CDC/NIOSH: MRSA and the Workplace - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/mrsa/ Factsheet with prevention measures and diease information. |
 CDC: MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa.html Fact sheets for patients and healthcare personnel about MRSA. Also general information on laboratory detection as well as non-hospital healthcare settings. |
 CDC: Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Stapylococcus aureus - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_visavrsa.html Fact sheet on an antibiotic resistant strain of staph. |
 Minnesota Dept. of Health: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/mrsa/index.html Disease statistics and basics, plus information for schools, health professionals, correctional facilities, and athletic programs. |
 Texas Department of State Health Services: MRSA - http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/antibiotic_resistance/mrsa/ Series of factsheets and presentations about the disease in several different environments. |
 Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services: MRSA - http://mqa.dhs.state.tx.us/QMWeb/MRSA.htm Outbreak prevention, risk factors, and handling MRSA carriers. |
 New York State Department of Health: MRSA - http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/staphylococcus_aureus/methicillin_resistant/ Factsheets, alerts and advisories, press releases, eduactional material, and resources. |
 North Carolina Public Health: What is Community-Associated MRSA - http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/gcdc/ca_mrsa/ca_mrsa.html Series of factsheets about the disease. |
 Massachusetts Bureau of Communicable Disease Control: Antibiotic Resistance Web Site - http://www.mass.gov/dph/cdc/antibiotic/mrsa_about.htm Provides information about antibiotic resistance as well as specific bacteria that have developed antibiotic resistance. |
 Commonwealth of Massachusetts MRSA Infection Control Guidelines - http://www.mass.gov/dph/cdc/epii/ltcf/mrsaguide.pdf Guidelines for long term care facilities with suggestions that apply to all at risk places. |
 MRSA Watch - http://tahilla.typepad.com/mrsawatch/ Features news, disease information, and links to related resources. |
 Mayo Clinic: MRSA Infection - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mrsa/DS00735 Overview of the symptoms, causes, and treatment of this virulent staph infection. |
 BBC Action Network: MRSA: - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A2836550 Answers frequently asked questions about the disease. |
 Health Protection Agency - http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/staphylo/MRSA_leaflet.pdf Factsheet from the UK agency. |
 NHS Direct: MRSA - http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=252 Factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. |
 Postgraduate Medicine: Containing methicillin-resistant S aureus - http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2001/10_01/simor.htm Research article discussing epidemiology, risk factors, detection, treatment, and prevention. |
 CBC News In Depth: Hospital infections - http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/hospital-infections/mrsa-vre-esbl.html Information about MRSA, VRE and ESBL bacteria from the Canadian broadcast company. |
 Johns Hopkins Medical: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heic/patient/mrsa/index.html Factsheet about the disease with disease information and epidemiology. |
 Living with MRSA - http://www.tpchd.org/files/library/2357adf2a147d1aa.pdf Includes factsheet with illustrations from the Tacoma-Pierce County, Washington Health Department. |
 MedlinePlus: MRSA - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mrsa.html Features news, links to related resources, articles, and research. |
 MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: MRSA Infection - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007261.htm Includes cause, symptoms, treatment, and prevention. |
 Wikipedia: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methicillin-resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus Encyclopedia article with history, symptoms and signs, treatment, and prevention. |
 Guidelines for the Control of MRSA - http://www.goapic.org/MRSA.htm Full version provided online by The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. |
 JAMA: MRSA Infections - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/298/15/1826 Article with facts about the disease in the Journal of the American Medical Association. |
 DermNet NZ: MRSA - http://dermnetnz.org/bacterial/methicillin-resistance.html Facts about the disease from the New Zealand Dermatological Society. |
 Electronic Collection Virtual Collection of Monographs and Periodicals - http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/cmaj/vol-165/issue-1/pdf/pg21.pdf The evolution of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals. 5 yrs of national surveillance. In French and English. |
 Rhoda’s MRSA Story - http://rhoda.mrsastory.com Features a weblog containing information and news about MRSA and CA MRSA, written by the mother of a victim. |
 MRSA Survivors Network - http://mrsa-survivors.org/ Features survivor's stories, advocacy work, disease information, and factsheets. |
 MRSA Resources - http://www.mrsaresources.com/ Produced by survivors of the disease. Includes personal stories, forum, links, disease information, and factsheets. |
 MRSA Action UK - http://www.mrsaactionuk.net/ Organization with the purpose to raise public awareness about the disease and influence the government and healthcare sectors. Includes news, forum, weblog, newsletter, memorials, and disease information. |
 VisualDxHealth: MRSA - http://www.visualdxhealth.com/diseaseGroups/mrsa.htm Signs, symptoms, and photographs of the disease. |
 MRSA and Families Network - http://www.mrsaandfamiliesnetwork.com/ Irish organization. Includes contacts, links, disease information, and news. |
 MRSA Notes - http://www.mrsanotes.com/ Weblog with recent news about the disease and outbreaks. |