Doctors in Texas have noticed a spike in a lesser-known antibiotic-resistant bacteria striking otherwise healthy kids. Researchers are seeing the potentially deadly staph infection known as Community Acquired-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) emerging in epidemic proportions across the country.

South Texas was one of the first regions of the country to experience CA-MRSA and has since become a hot bed for the infection

The results of a new study show that the drug-resistant, or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus areaus (MRSA), also known as the "superbug," is more widespread than previously believed.

Nearly five percent of all patients have acquired MRSA across U.S. healthcare facilities, as suggested by the researchers of the study

The Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System began a pilot program in 2001 to help reduce and control the spread of a non-resistant "superbug," the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The program seems to be working, according to the dramatic rate reduction being seen.

The germ can spread rapidly in both hospitals and nursing homes, and it can be very deadly. The MRSA infection is not only dangerous, but it's hard to fight, because it has a high resilience to most antibiotic drugs, which led to its "superbug" status

The Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System began a pilot program in 2001 to help reduce and control the spread of a non-resistant "superbug," the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The program seems to be working, according to the dramatic rate reduction being seen.

The germ can spread rapidly in both hospitals and nursing homes, and it can be very deadly. The MRSA infection is not only dangerous, but it's hard to fight, because it has a high resilience to most antibiotic drugs, which led to its "superbug" status

Although the first report of the potent bacterial strain of infection began in 1993 in Australia, the bug seems to have taken hold and spread across the U.S. in the last decade and has now begun to spread into Canada.

Canadian officials do not want to cause panic among the public; however CA-MRSA is apparently beginning to emerge within the community with more frequency