March 25th, 2008

Study Outlines Risk Of Treatment-Resistant Infection Following Facelift Surgery

About one-half percent of patients undergoing facelift surgery at one outpatient surgical center between 2001 and 2007 developed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, according to a report in the March/April issue oArchives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. MRSA is now a leading cause of infections at surgical sites and in skin and soft tissues, according to backgcircular information in the article.
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