Very Few Parents Are Aware Of Drug-Resistant Infections Of Their Children

Very Few Parents Are Aware Of Drug-Resistant Infections Of Their Children.
Lack of education and apprehension are common among parents of children with the drug-resistant staph bacteria called MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), says a unfamiliar study. Health responsibility staff need to do a better job of educating parents while addressing their concerns and easing their fears, said the researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children Center in Baltimore. The on authors conducted interviews with 100 parents and other caregivers of children hospitalized with unique or established MRSA.

Some of the children were symptom-free carriers who were hospitalized for other reasons, while others had sprightly MRSA infections. The researchers found that 18 of the parents/caregivers had never heard of MRSA.