May 4, 2010 (Vancouver, British Columbia) — Staphylococcus aureus invasive infections due to methicillin-sensitive S aureus (MSSA) far outnumber methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA), according to a ...

(HealthDay News) — Invasive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infections are more common than invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, according to a ...

The strain responsible for most MRSA skin and soft-tissue infections is sensitive to many antimicrobials; daptomycin may be an alternative for systemic staph infections. Methicillin-resistant ...

Researchers have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staph aureus) "superbug" strains, resists our body's natural defenses against ...

British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn of the dangers of antibiotic resistance. In his 1945 Nobel Prize speech, 27 ...

A new study from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), with collaborators from Johns Hopkins University and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, found that ...

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A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has offered insight into how Staphylococcus ...

Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) should balance the prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infections in critically ill infants with the need for skin-to-skin contact with parents and siblings, ...

ATLANTA -- A combined intervention against recurrent Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) that included both personal periodic decolonization and home environmental hygiene ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Protocols for preoperative decolonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and ...