Staph skin infections on rise in U.S.
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060817/ap_on_he_me/staph_infections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20060816/capt.3f597bc3665a82f7ecb7c36052f6ca02.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=.Re1dqYypSgNvPZbmBOH8g--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Dr. Rajendra Kapila of University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, poses by x-rays of a patient with antibiotic-resistant staph infections Sept. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer)" border="0" /></a>AP - A once-rare drug-resistant germ now appears to cause more than half of all skin infections treated in U.S. emergency rooms, say researchers who documented the superbug's startling spread in the general population.</p><br clear="all"/>