From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Staph cases spread," by Deborah Shelton--
Cases of a virulent form of staph infection are not only skyrocketing in the St. Louis region and elsewhere, but some local doctors are allowing its spread by misdiagnosing the bacterial infection as spider bites.
The superbug is called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. It can be dangerous because it doesn't respond to some of the standard antibiotic treatments.
--Posted by Illinois personal injury lawyer T. Evan Schaeffer of the Illinois personal injury firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.