The management of MRSA infections in pediatric patients is complicated by the limited number of effective antibiotics that have been well-studied in children. The gold standard antimicrobial ...

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 ...

Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of infections. This higher risk may be due to several factors, such as the effects of ...

You can also develop a staph infection by eating contaminated food or water. This infection is also more common in healthcare settings, where it can spread through contact with infected wounds or ...

Background Healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) remain a high priority patient ...

The Cold Chisel frontman revealed that a stubborn staph infection, which previously targeted his heart, had returned, this time attacking his hip. 'Staph infections love to hide in places like ...

Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings, making it a particular risk to those who work in such facilities, and a team of UC researchers has been ...

Fortunately it is still significantly vulnerable to vancomycin, which has been doctors’ first-line treatment against MRSA infections for 40 years. MRSA rarely resists vancomycin. Only 16 such ...

mostly known from its antibiotic-resistant variant Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is among the leading causes of both community- and hospital-acquired infections. According to ...

As antimicrobial resistance threatens medical progress, doctors like Sylvia Omulo are looking for clues to help us heal.

The researchers found that the pathogen-drug combination that had the largest increase in causing the most burden among all age groups was methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.

aureus (MRSA) – a lethal superbug famed for plaguing ... Currently, just 27 new antibiotics for the most threatening infections are in the final stage of development. This compares to more ...