An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
September 25th, 2009
MRSA in Pets
As every card-carrying ID specialist knows, hardly anything is more common these days than patients with — and questions about — methcillin-resistant Staph aureus, or MRSA. And one question I’ve been hearing increasingly these days is “Could I be getting my recurrent infection from Rufus?” To which the answer is, unfortunately, yes. (I had a dog named Rufus. […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
Contributing Editor
NEJM Journal Watch
Infectious Diseases
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