Bary Farr MD

Barry NI. Farr, MD, MSc says that isolation of contaminated patients is the key to preventing the spread of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA).

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that commonly inhabits the skin of healthy people. Antibiotic- resistant strains of this bacterium caused an estimated 94,360 severe infections in the US during 2005, resulting in around 18,500 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control.