These infections are increasingly common, but patients do well -- even with the wrong antibiotics. Many studies have described dramatic localized outbreaks of cutaneous infection with methicillin ...

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The history of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus spans more than half a century. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has emerged as an almost ubiquitous pathogen in both the ...

NEW YORK (CNN)-- The family of a Brooklyn boy who died this month from an antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus infection plans to file a $25 million lawsuit against the city of New York, the family ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chlorine can kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). If the chlorine and pH levels are correct, MRSA cannot ...

Gut microbiota composition and sex hormones influence the immune response to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus gastrointestinal colonization in mice.

British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn ...

The story of MRSA begins just four years after methicillin entered medical practice in 1959. The bacteria had already developed resistance to the new antibiotic, demonstrating the remarkable ...

A nasal antibiotic ointment can reduce the risk of staph infection without causing antibiotic resistance, according to a new review of studies. A review of several studies has revealed that a ...

In bacteria, mutations in plasmids can accumulate surprisingly fast. What does this mean for us humans, who have to fight with these new antibiotic resistant strains? Now, say that a few days ...

Hi, I’m Dr. Hansa Bhargava from WebMD and I’m joined today by Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC. Thank you for being here, Dr. Frieden. Let’s talk about MRSA infections. They are hard to ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)-- It was 10 a.m. on a recent weekday and the emergency room at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, was quiet, except for a little boy crying in room 45.