In some patients, the aggressive therapy required appears to conflict with the goal of providing only comfort care for the elderly resident at life's end in the LTCF. However, the pain and morbidity of infected pressure ulcers often make therapeutic intervention necessary. Untreated infected pressure ulcers may cause substantial drainage or may be colonized with resistant organisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci. As such, if left untreated, they pose an infection control hazard for other residents and employees in the LTCF. The infection control measures required for infected pressure ulcers consume additional resources.