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Saturday, March 14, 2009
Environment - "Dr. Anderson at first couldn’t figure out why he was seeing patient after patient with MRSA in a small Indiana town" [Updated]
A reader has pointed me to an op-ed piece by Nicholas D. Kristof in the March 11th issue of the NY Times. The focus of the article: "Cases of MRSA, a type of staph infection that is resistant to antibiotics, have raised concerns that agricultural practices in hog farms could be fueling a public health threat." The setting is Camden, Indiana.
In addition, here is a link to Mr. Krisof's NYT Blog, where in this entry he provides links to more information about anitbiotics in livestock.
[Updated 3/15/09] Mr. Kristof follows up his March 11th column with this one in the Sunday Times, headed "Pathogens in Our Pork ."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 14, 2009 09:39 AM
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