MRSA - Hospital-Acquired Infection

The following information on MRSA infections is provided by Pritzker Olsen Attorneys, a national law firm. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman have been named "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine. To contact Pritzker Olsen Attorneys for a free consultation, please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit the Pritzker Olsen online consultation form.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics. These antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin.

Staph infections, including MRSA, occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities (such as nursing homes and dialysis centers) who have weakened immune systems.

About 90,000 people a year contract an MRSA infection. About 18,000 people a year died after contracting an MRSA infection.

About 85% of all invasive MRSA infections were associated with healthcare, and of those, about two-thirds occurred outside of the hospital (dialysis center, for example), while about one third occurred during hospitalization.

If a doctor fails to diagnose MRSA, it is medical malpractice.

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