MSSA and MRSA are Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteria with different resistance patterns. MRSA is resistant to many antibiotics and is more difficult to treat. Both types of bacteria can cause ...

Intervention reduces staph infections in hospital NICU: 5 things to know Researchers analyzed the effect of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus decolonization on MSSA infection incidence and ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen responsible for a wide diversity of infections ranging from localized to life threatening diseases. From 1961 and the emergence of methicillin-resistant ...

Biopharmaceutical company Theravance Biopharma has enrolled its first patient in a Phase 3 registrational study of telavancin’s efficacy in fighting Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, officially ...

ATLANTA -- A combined intervention against recurrent Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) that included both personal periodic decolonization and home environmental hygiene ...

More than 119,000 people were diagnosed with bloodstream Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States in 2017, and almost 20,000 died -- a significant slowing in the previously declining ...

More than 119,000 people were diagnosed with bloodstream Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States in 2017, and almost 20,000 died — a significant slowing in the previously declining rates ...

Fifteen operating room staffers at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, including surgeons and nurses, did not participate in surgery for a week to 11 days in August after testing positive for the ...

Men are more susceptible than women to skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, but the biological basis for ...

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MRSA infections can cause problems throughout your body. This antibiotic-resistant type of staph is also a common cause of eye infections. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type ...