At the 2008 joint meeting of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) and the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), Tim Horn speaks with Nancy Crum-Cianflone, MD, MPH, a researcher and physician at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a potentially serious drug-resistant bacterial infection that is becoming increasingly more common among people living with HIV. In part one of this two-part interview, Dr. Crum-Cianflone discusses the dangers of MRSA and the higher risk of the infection in people living with HIV.

9 1/2 minutes. Transcript coming soon! To view Part 2, click here.