MRSA deaths on the up says ONS report

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that MRSA deaths are on the increase. A report on deaths in England and Wales where methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was mentioned on the death certificate, found that among deaths mentioning Staphylococcus aureus, the percentage that specified methicillin resistance increased from 51% to 68% between 1999 and 2003. This reflected an increase in the number of death certificates with a mention of MRSA, from 487 in 1999 to 955 in 2003.