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SACRAMENTO-Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), announced today that California will require severe cases of staph infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), be added to the list of diseases reported to local health departments in the state....

** Severe Staphylococcus aureus infection (only a case resulting in death or admission to an intensive care unit of a person who has not been hospitalized or had surgery, dialysis, or residency in a long-term care facility in the past year, and did not have an indwelling catheter or percutaneous medical device at the time of culture.) Clarifications for Clinicians