Over the past several months, we have received dozens of questions about multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). In particular, readers have asked about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...

A research team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson is developing a drug that works in combination with ...

During the COVID pandemic, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in acute care hospitals rose steeply, despite a decrease of infections before the pandemic, the Society for ...

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 ...

MRSA, first identified in 1960, became a major cause of healthcare-associated infection with the emergence of epidemic strains EMRSA 15 and 16 in the 1990s. MRSA bacteraemia surveillance in England ...

As if all the angst about drug-resistant staph bacteria wasn’t worrisome enough, now it turns out you might get the deadly germ from your cat. Suspicions about that calico on the couch are being ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...

After UPMC confirmed 12 cases of MRSA at Children's Hospital Monday, there may be questions on what MRSA is and who is most likely to get it.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Certain beverages appear to be linked to lower risk of carrying the superbug. July 15, 2011— -- People who drink hot tea or coffee are less likely to carry the superbug known as ...

It wasn't that long ago that if your child got a staph infection, it was knocked out with a couple of doses of penicillin. Now, penicillin may not work because there's a form of staph called "MRSA" ...