News Health & Medicine Drug-resistant staph causes more pneumonia By Ben Harder October 12, 2004 at 7:43 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print From Boston, at a meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America MICROBIAL THUGS. Antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, once confined to health care facilities, have become widespread. CDC Last winter, a recently discovered bacterial variant became a major cause of severe pneumonia among people who caught the flu.