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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria that can cause infections and is resistant to several antibiotics. Doctors and nurses sometimes refer to it as MRSA (which sounds like ...

A recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests the combination of a throat swab and nasal swab may boost MRSA surveillance, especially among younger patients. For this ...

But Local 4 Dr. Frank McGeorge says it's not just schools dealing with MRSA. It's the entire community. Related: Livonia high school student has MRSA MRSA in school often makes the news when notices ...

The idea that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) abscesses don’t always require antibiotics (Item 122-5) may have been accepted in 1950, but it is not true anymore. All clinicians know ...

It’s a nice day to … start a round of antibiotics. “White Wedding” rocker Billy Idol took to Twitter on Monday well after the midnight hour to let fans know he was recovering from a MRSA sinus ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A simpler one-swab-per nostril iodophor regimen produced identical reductions in MRSA carriage among nursing ...

Researchers have determined five factors that may help predict the risk of MRSA colonization among emergency department patients, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection ...

Michael Jackson's already 'delicate' could collapse as a result of his MRSA infection, a leading doctor has warned. Professor Mark Enright, who is a leading expert on the deadly superbug, says it's ...

Coffee and tea drinkers could be at lower risk of a developing a deadly drug-resistant staph infection, new research suggests. As part of the 2003-04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ...