MRSA: the problem reaches paediatrics.

The article presents comments on a paper by researcher N. Khairulddin and colleagues titled "Emergence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus," published in the April 2004 issue of the journal "Archives of Disease in Childhood." Khairulddiri and colleagues reported the proportion of bacteraemias with Staphylococcus aureus in children in England and Wales that were due to Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA.), which increased from 0.9% to 13.1% between 1990 and 2000. The author and researchers point out that there is an urgent need for a national review of MRSA in children, both to establish the extent of the current problem and to implement infection control measures.