Johnthan Banks became the third Tampa Bay Buccaneers player diagnosed with MRSA. Carl Nicks and Lawrence Tynes contracted the ...

Q: I share office space with a colleague who is being treated for a Staph skin infection. Her doctor put her on a special ...

Approximately 25 to 30 percent of the healthy population carries the staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria on skin or in nasal passages, while 1 percent carries the antibiotic-resistant MRSA strain.

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria account for a large number of hospital-related infections each year. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of these types of bacteria which is now ...

A new case report from BMC Infectious Diseases documents the successful treatment of a 75-year-old septic patient with a rare ...

Infections of the skin or other soft tissues with the hard-to-treat MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria appear to permanently compromise the lymphatic system, which is crucial ...

Investigators generated all potential resident pairs within each nursing home sweep and classified them as roommates or ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are resistant to multiple antibiotics and commonly cause skin infections that can lead to more serious or life-threatening infection in ...

"The American Dental Association urges all dentists, dental auxiliaries, and dental laboratories to employ appropriate infection control procedures as described in these guidelines, and to keep ...

While the Giants take the field tonight to play the 49ers, their tight end Daniel Fells is in a far more serious situation with football the furthest thing from his mind.

Endocarditis can be a life threatening complication of MRSA in which the infection causes inflammation in the lining of the heart, and its valves and chambers. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

Nearly 120,000 people contracted bloodstream staph infections in the United States in 2017, most of them in health care facilities – and nearly 20,000 died. Progress against the most dangerous ...