Steve Schwarz underwent spinal surgery, only to later succumb to MRSA due to discontinuation of antibiotics at a care home.

Simple hand washing. And for parents who do think that their child might have a MRSA skin infection, how can they distinguish the difference between a regular skin infection vs. MRSA? Tom Frieden ...

The diagnosis of skin abscess was made clinically or with bedside ... Eighty percent of the isolates were MRSA. All isolates were susceptible to TMP-SMX. Non-inferiority of placebo relative ...

One common treatment for MRSA is a medication called Vancocin ... Skin infections are the most common type of staph infection. Skin infections usually appear as red, swollen areas that may ...

When that happens, your infection will be said to be antibiotic resistant, and your physician will have to prescribe a different drug to combat it. MRSA: The Spread of Drug Resistance In fact ...

Surfaces covered in a micropattern mimicking the ridges of shark skin could reduce the spread of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other superbugs in hospitals. Jef Akst was managing editor of ...

Prevalence of CA-MRSA varies ... all sources (blood, skin, sputum, etc.), and infrequently delineate pathogens based on the age of the patient or the source of the infection.

Basilea will seek approval of ceftobiprole for SAB as well as acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection (ABSSSI ... by methicillin-resistant strains (MRSA), said Basilea.