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Prisoner Health Update: MRSA Infections

by Eike Blohm, MD

MRSA — Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus — is a bacterium that has become immune to Penicillin-like and Cephalosporin-class antibiotics. The pathogen is found where people live together in close quarters such as hospitals, nursing homes, and overcrowded U.S. prisons.

How It Spreads: Transmission from one prisoner to ...

 

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