KISSIMMEE -- New research is showing that staph germs -- such as MRSA -- are harder than ever to treat.
Recent MRSA cases in Central Florida have caused an upswing in doctor visits from concerned parents and changed cleaning procedures at school districts in the area.
The latest research shows at least 10 percent of cases involving the most common community strain of the staph germ -- MRSA -- were able to evade the antibiotics typically used to treat them.
This has doctors really concerned that drug-resistant staph bacteria are increasingly acquiring "superbug" powers and causing far more serious illnesses than they have in the past.
Isolated cases of the staph infection are not required by law to be reported to the health department.
Epidemiologists say that, even though there seems to be more cases this year, there are not an unusual amount of cases, just that they are being reported more often.
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