Jevons first reported methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in 19611 and it has now become a serious cause for concern in UK hospitals. Indeed, it has even entered the political arena.2 In 2003, a search for MRSA using www.yahoo.com yielded 153 000 results; this has now risen to 329 000 references.
Last year, a letter of mine was …