MRSA in pregnancy may be less dangerous than previously thought
by Carole Bartoo | Posted on Thursday, Apr. 19, 2012 — 1:10 PM
Vanderbilt pediatric infectious disease researchers studying methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) say fears that mothers carrying the germ may set their newborns up for infection are unfounded.
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