BREAKING! MSRA "superbug" loose in Northwest Territories, Canada!

2012-06-27 03:34:17 - Epidemic Hazard - Canada

EDIS CODE: EH-20120627-35570-CAN
Date & Time: 2012-06-27 03:34:17 [UTC]
Area: Canada, Province of Northwest Territories, Tlicho and Behchoko regions,



Description:

Drug-resistant bacteria have come up in some N.W.T. communities. The N.W.T. health department says there have been 86 cases of MRSA, which is also known as a 'superbug', this year. Half of them are in the Tlicho region and, in Behchoko, which is the largest community.

MRSA is a common skin bacteria but a certain strain of it is now resistant to many antibiotics. The symptoms are similar to a staph infection and can cause sore skin and swelling. The infection can spread quickly. "If you have swelling on the skin that doesn’t heal quickly, that gets bigger and hot and painful go see the health centre.

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Last Edited by SPUD on 06/27/2012 12:41 PM