All Articles Tagged With: "MRSA"
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Ohio Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Over Mistreatment of Necrotizing Fasciitis
A young man whose legs were partially amputated as the result of a necrotizing fasciitis infection, which involves a flesh-eating bacteria, has filed medical malpractice lawsuits against a number of doctors and two hospitals, alleging that the infection was mistreated.
MRSA Hospital Infections Can Cost $61,000 Each to Treat
A new study indicates that antibiotic-resistant hospital infections can cost hospitals $61,000 to treat and may increase the risk of death for patients seven-fold.
MRSA Infections Nearly Doubled Over Last 10 Years: Study
U.S. researchers indicate that there has been a 90% increase in antibiotic-resistant “superbug” infections since 1999, as strains circulating both in hospitals and the community continue relatively unabated.
Hospital MRSA Infections May Follow Patients Home: Study
New research suggests that many patients discharged from a hospital into home health care are sent home with a drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and about one in five may transfer the organisms that cause the infection to others in the home.
Infection Malpractice Lawsuit Settled Over Flesh-Eating Bacteria
A confidential settlement has been reached in a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit involving allegations that a woman contracted a flesh-eating infection during the delivery of her child, resulting in the amputation of all four of her limbs.
MRSA Infection Outbreak Linked to Boston Hospital’s Infection Control
Since November 2008, dozens of mothers and newborn babies have developed hospital MRSA infections after being treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, which has been cited for lapses in the hospital’s infection control practices.
MRSA Skin Infection Misdiagnosis Lawsuit Filed in Florida
A Florida medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against doctors who failed to properly diagnose a man with a MRSA skin infection, which ultimately led to his death.
