CATIE (Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange) has developed a fact sheet on Invasive Group A Strep (GAS) in Ontario. This information sheet, found on the CATIE website under News: Bite-sized HIV/AIDS treatment news bulletins, discusses what GAS is and the various range of scenarios of illness caused by GAS; how it spreads, who is at risk and provides a brief update on the situation in Thunder Bay. Please click this link to find out more

What is MRSA?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA (pronounced by listing the initials or saying
“mersa”) is a type of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteria. S. aureus, often referred to simply as
“staph,” are bacteria commonly carried on the skin or in the nose of healthy people. Some S. aureus are
resistant to certain types of antibiotics, such as methicillin. Thus this type of “staph” is referred to as
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Click here to download PDF document.