Nail Clinic: Staph Meeting Statistics

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Staph is one of the most common causes of skin infections in the United States
MRSA is carried or “colonized” by about 1% of the population, although most carriers aren’t infected
25% to 30% of people have staph bacteria in their noses
In U.S. hospitals, MRSA causes more than 60% of staph infections
The Centers for Disease Control reports that in 2007, 14% of people with MRSA infections had Community-Associated MRSA (CA-MRSA)