Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...
U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore City, will introduce legislation today that would establish a national database to track cases of the antibiotic-resistant strain of staphylococcus and other ...
The methicillin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) kills a million people per year globally, making it one of the three deadliest bacteria in humans. This toll is expected to rise ...
MRSA is a type of bacteria that can be resistant to several antibiotics. MRSA might spread more easily in athletic settings. Preventing MRSA infections is crucial to athletes' health and safety. Skin ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Hexachlorophene and mupirocin do not effectively remove colonies of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from people with HIV, a new study shows. "For several years ...
Between October 2007 and September 2015, monthly rates for hospital-acquired infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus dropped significantly in Veterans Affairs facilities, a decrease ...
Contact precautions, or CP, don’t need to be deemed an “essential practice” to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention in acute care facilities, according to doctors who ...
People can contract methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from poultry even without direct exposure to livestock, according to research published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and ...
Research from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) documenting the spread of the USA300 strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among gay males in San Francisco and ...