Daniel Fells has a MRSA infection that doctors fear could lead to amputation. — -- A dire infection that has left an NFL player facing possible amputation has highlighted the dangers professional ...

Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a potential treatment for skin and wound infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The treatment is a ...

ATLANTA – MRSA is a common cause of skin infections throughout the United States. These infections occur in men, women, adults, children, and persons of all races and sexual orientations, and are ...

When a wound turns septic, healing can quickly become a battle. Antibiotics have been the go-to defense for decades, but abuse has created bacteria that are resistant. Deadly germs such as methicillin ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria that can cause infections and is resistant to several antibiotics. Doctors and nurses sometimes refer to it as MRSA (which sounds like ...

Methicillin-resistant staph infections have entered the community, posing a bigger challenge for health-care providers. The CDC outlines what to do. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), ...

Researchers have concluded four prognostic variables that were found to be risk factors for healthcare-acquired MRSA infection in hospital ICUs, according to a study published in BMC Infectious ...

Bedbugs may be able to acquire and transmit methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a recent study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. MRSA is a type of bacteria ...

Sept. 10 -- WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Manuka honey, known for its anti-microbial properties, might kill MRSA bacteria. A new study from the University of Wales Institute-Cardiff suggests ...

You can get rabies from a cat scratch, but this is extremely rare. Rabies, a fatal nervous system disease, is transmitted via the saliva of infected mammals, so it's usually passed on to humans when a ...