Abstract

The Royal College of Surgeon's recent complaint that hospital overcrowding is encouraging the spread of organisms such as meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is chillingly appropriate. As amplified through the media, however, the warning is also unintentionally misleading. It appeared amidst a stream of articles that have demonstrated all too clearly that, around the world, MRSA is no longer solely a hospital problem but a community one.

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