For MRSA (n =27 rooms and 106 culture sites) and C. difficile (n =67 rooms and 265 culture sites), there was a significant reduction in the percentage of contaminated sites. For VRE (n =67 rooms ...

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin ...

To make MRSA matters even worse, in 2002, health care workers reported the first cases of vancomycin-resistant MRSA. In other words, even "last-resort" vancomycin doesn't always work. Therein lies ...

MRSA: Vanco Susceptibility Doesn't Accurately Predict Death Patient factors such as age, organ impairment, or place of residence may play a larger role than vancomycin susceptibility in predicting ...