Maryn McKenna: MRSA puts 369,000 in the hospital every single year. [Superbug] @Health Medicine http://dld.bz/JgwB

Maryn McKenna: The hospital MRSA strain and community MRSA strain have merged to form a 3rd kind of MRSA. [#Superbug] http://dld.bz/JgwB

Maryn McKenna: MRSA can cause infestations of the valves of the heart. [#Superbug] @NYT @Time @BarackObama @Facebook http://dld.bz/JgwB

Maryn McKenna: MRSA spreads by skin contact, so infections spread faster in prisons. [#Superbug] @FDA @CDC @WSJ @NYT http://dld.bz/JgwB

MRSA is a type of staph infection that can't be treated with first-line antibiotics. @BBCHealth @Wired @CNET Books http://dld.bz/JgwB

Pre-1990s, "it was always thought that the only place where MRSA was successful in attacking people was in hospitals." http://dld.bz/JgwB

Maryn McKenna: MRSA can cause very large abscesses — collections of pus inside muscles. @RealTracyMorgan @EA [Superbug] http://dld.bz/JgwB

Maryn McKenna: MRSA puts 369,000 in the hospital every single year. [Superbug] @Health Medicine http://dld.bz/JgwB

Maryn McKenna: MRSA puts 369,000 in the hospital annually [Superbug] @Health Medicine http://dld.bz/JgwB

Maryn McKenna: MRSA kills almost 19,000 Americans annually [Superbug] Nonfiction Books Medicine Health http://dld.bz/JgwB

For several decades, a highly-sophisticated bacteria called MRSA has spread rapidly through hospitals. @NYTimesHealth http://dld.bz/JgwB

Maryn McKenna: Almost every large hospital in the United States had detected at least one MRSA infection. [Superbug] http://dld.bz/JgwB

McKenna: MRSA doesn't need a cut in the skin in order to cause disease. [#Superbug] @jimmyfallon @kanyewest @DavidSpade http://dld.bz/JgwB

For several decades, a highly-sophisticated bacteria called MRSA has spread rapidly through hospitals. @NYTimesHealth http://dld.bz/JgwB