Once considered a hospital anomaly, community-acquired infections with drug-resistant strains of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus now turn up regularly among children hospitalized in the ...
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that commonly grows on the skin. If bacteria enter the skin, a staph infection may develop. MRSA causes a type of staph infection that can be hard to treat due to ...
Even if they don't show signs of infection, college athletes who play football, soccer and other contact sports are more likely to carry the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This ...
SAN DIEGO – People infected with the superbug methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may pass the bacteria to their pets, a new study suggests. What's more, MRSA may "hide" on pets, which ...
A ginger-derived compound showed activity against drug-resistant bacteria and increased the activity of four antibiotics in ...
San Antonio, Texas, June 5, 2012 – The introduction of daily bathing with disposable, germ-killing cloths resulted in a sustained, significant decrease in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...
Antibiotic resistance is making some bacterial infections much harder to treat. It happens when bacteria change in ways that allow them to survive medicines that once killed them. As resistance ...
Once considered a hospital anomaly, community-acquired infections with drug-resistant strains of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus now turn up regularly among children hospitalized in the ...