October 24, 2011 (Orlando, Florida) — While the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), particularly the community-acquired form, in ophthalmic infections continues to rise, ...

Staphylococcus aureus (yellow) is a bacterium found in the skin and mucous membranes. The number of hospital-acquired MRSA infections is down; however, community-acquired MRSA infections continue to ...

Screening all surgical admissions had little effect in a European hospital with a relatively low infection rate. Faced with soaring rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...

A new study of four cases of MRSA infection in patients who had undergone face lift surgery warns that MRSA-positive surgical site infection "is an increasingly problematic issue in all surgical ...

LOUISVILLE (WAVE) --The holiday season brings lots of families and friends together and that means more risk of spreading germs. This year along with cold and flu, more people are worried about the ...

Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) doubled at academic hospitals in five years, contrary to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that said MRSA ...

Lab research published in JAMA asserts that beta-lactam antibiotic treatment is not only ineffective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, it could worsen them. Researchers ...

In vulnerable people S. aureus (red) can cause wound infections pneumonia and blood poisoning. The Infectious Diseases Society of America's first treatment guidelines on this topic focus on the ...

Infections with the bacteria methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have declined in recent years, according to a new huge study. The bacteria are perhaps best known for spreading among ...

When patients enter the hospital, the risk of acquiring a healthcare-associated (HAI) infection is a significant concern shared by patients and medical providers. In fact, data from the CDC indicates ...

Nearly 120,000 people contracted bloodstream staph infections in the United States in 2017, most of them in health care facilities – and nearly 20,000 died. Progress against the most dangerous ...

A study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases examined methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections that occurred before and after discharge using data from the Department of Veterans ...