Infections with the bacteria methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have declined in recent years, according to a new study. The bacteria are perhaps best known for spreading among ...

Explore the list of 280 hospitals with the lowest MRSA rates based on CMS data from October 2023 to September 2024.

Nearly 120,000 people contracted bloodstream staph infections in the United States in 2017, most of them in health care facilities – and nearly 20,000 died. Progress against the most dangerous ...

Empiric concomitant coverage of MRSA and multidrug-resistant organisms is not necessary for most patients with sepsis.

Practically since the multi-drug resistant bacterium MRSA became a public health issue in the 1960s, health care has been arguing over how best to prevent its spread — particularly in hospitals, where ...

April 6, 2012 (London, United Kingdom) — Two thirds of patients with high-level mupirocin-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are receiving the wrong treatment because of an ...

Recently you may have seen the term MRSA in the news and have wondered what it is. MRSA is an acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a strain of common bacteria that is resistant to ...

Despite the massive AIDS anniversary this week, I was expecting to write about the EU E. coli outbreak next. But there's striking new news on MRSA that makes it worth putting off E. coli one more day.

Buccaneers guard Carl Nicks is also being treated for a re-occurence. Oct. 11, 2013 — -- A third player on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team has been diagnosed with an infection of the ...

New research points to dogs and cats as possible carriers of the deadly germs. June 22, 2009— -- The nasty, drug-resistant bacteria known as MRSA may have a new carrier: the family pet. The ...