Staph screening said may wipe out germ
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_he_me/staph_infections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071024/capt.b10577dd10fe4eb39f26890de9dc5e57.staph_infections_ny114.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=rY5g_.RACfOyjF2E3m6gaQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Jeanine Thomas, a survivor of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, sits in her Willowbrook, Ill. home on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007. Thomas, 52, nearly died a few years ago from a staph infection that occurred after having ankle surgery. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Testing all new hospital patients for a dangerous staph "superbug" could help wipe out a germ that likely kills more Americans than AIDS, consumer advocates say and early evidence suggests.</p><br clear="all"/>

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