Although it does not cause symptoms, MRSA colonization can be a big concern for healthcare professionals. This is because individuals with MRSA colonization can unknowingly spread MRSA to others and ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013;11(5):499-509. Limiting unnecessary, empiric, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy is universally thought to be an effective tool for reducing HAIs and limiting ...

MRSA infections do not resolve on their own. People will require antibiotics to prevent potential complications. MRSA treatment options range from oral antibiotics for mild infections to intravenous ...

MRSA is often acquired in hospitals, especially among high risk groups such as people in intensive care units (ICUs). Although infection control has improved, MRSA remains a serious problem if not ...

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, ...

The story of MRSA begins just four years after methicillin entered medical practice in 1959. The bacteria had already developed resistance to the new antibiotic, demonstrating the remarkable ...

Even in a post-pandemic world, frontline health care workers face many occupational challenges, and exposure to infection is among them. Now, University of Cincinnati scientists are working to ...

There has been a sharp rise in cases of the superbug MRSA being contracted outside hospitals across the UK. Britons have been urged to avoid sharing items such as towels or razors, particularly in ...

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 ...