The Epoch Times BY AND
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a life-threatening infection of a superbug spiked in hospitals, raising significant concern.
MRSA, which stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is one of the most well known superbugs or bacteria that are resistant to most antibiotics.
Since 2010, laboratory-identified cases of MRSA infection have been significantly decreasing. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the United States, hospitals have experienced an increase in the number of MRSA infections. The hospital overload has resulted in higher health-care associated infections.
During the fourth quarter of 2020, the national MRSA bacteremia standardized infection ratio was 34 percent higher than that of 2019. Several states reported even greater increases in 2020, such as Arizona with a 80 percent increase and New Jersey with a 99 percent increase.
