HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — An outbreak of the antibiotic-resistant infection MRSA circulated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital for more than three years and ...

The second key fact involves MRSA’s two primary epidemiological patterns. Healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) traditionally affects individuals with healthcare exposures including recent ...

If MRSA bacteria enter the skin, an infection can develop. Such infections do not go away on their own and require immediate treatment to prevent complications. Methicillin-resistant ...

MRSA is an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) superbug that causes over 120,000 deaths per year. Given the urgent need for new, more effective antibiotics and a lack of MRSA vaccines, understanding ...

MRSA's double defense against antibiotics Date: October 31, 2024 Source: University of Sheffield Summary: Scientists have discovered the mechanism which allows the superbug Methicillin Resistant ...

If doctors suspect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is causing an infection, they will prescribe antibiotics to treat it. Some lab tests can determine the best antibiotic choice.

It is not usually possible to know whether the infection is caused by staph or a bacteria like group A beta-hemolytic ... in a culture, the pattern on sensitivities to antibiotics can help to tell ...

Cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia (c-AIHA), or cold agglutinin disease (CAD), most commonly affects adults between 40 and 80 years old. With CAD, antibodies activate at cooler temperatures and ...

Bedbugs may be able to acquire and transmit methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a recent study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. MRSA is a type of ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a type of Staphylococcus (or “staph”) bacteria. Though these bacteria are common, MRSA strains are resistant to ...