coli and salmonella. and other resistant staph known as mrsa. mrsa is migrating out of the health care setting and can also be found in the community posing a new threat to americans. newspapers across the nation report on the danger and prevalence of these bacteria. in my state of new jersey we had a number of schools close a few years ago after children were diagnosed with mrsa. some were hospitalized for weeks. and i'm sure everyone here remembers the scare we had not long ago in the house of representatives when mrsa was found in the house staff gym. the consequences of these antibiotic resistant bacteria are dangerous, expensive and at times deadly. in 2005, the cdc estimated that roughly 94,000 americans contracted mrsa and 8,000 died including young and otherwise healthy patients. and many in the medical community believe that mrsa might not be as big of a threat as some of the other antibiotic-resistant diseases as fortunately there still are some drugs that can treat mrsa. for other diseases, there are very few options. as articles in t