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Incidence and Prevalence

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is a serious worldwide health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), MRSA currently causes about 1% of all staph infections and more than 50% of health-care associated staph infections.

Each year in the United States, more than 290,000 hospitalized patients are infected with Staphylococcus aureus. Of these staph infections, approximately 126,000 are related to MRSA.

About 85% of serious, invasive MRSA infections are health care-associated infections. Incidence of community-associated MRSA varies according to population and geographic location. In the United States, more than 94,000 people develop serious MRSA infection and about 19,000 die from infection each year.

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