If the MRSA culture was obtained on or after hospital day 4, the case was considered a health care–associated infection (group 1). If the MRSA culture was obtained from an outpatient or from a ...

such as active surveillance culture strategies, decolonization procedures and their cost–effectiveness. Vancomycin is the first-choice treatment for MRSA-infected newborns; studies on efficacy ...

MRSA: The Spread of Drug Resistance In fact, there is a good chance that the staph infection you picked up from that contaminated doorknob is already antibiotic resistant. Most staph infections in ...