Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Candida auris. Methicillin/oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci. The growing list of multi-drug resistant organisms is enough to worry any nursing home leader. These...

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization is common in groin and rectal areas, especially in men, new research shows.

Long-term care residents on a fluoroquinolone antibiotic such as Cipro are at an increased risk for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, researchers in France have found.

A nationwide initiative to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in veterans’ nursing homes dramatically slashed the infection rate, and could provide a framework for other nursing homes...

A nationwide initiative to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in veterans’ nursing homes dramatically slashed the infection rate, and could provide a framework for other nursing homes...

Targeting cells known as persisters is a new and highly effective way of eradicating methi­cillin-resis­tant staphy­lo­coccus aureus, according to newly published research.

Nursing homes are on the front lines in the increasingly urgent battle against antibiotic-resistant infections, according to a comprehensive new report that ranks the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant...

Skilled nursing facility administrators need to do a complete review of antibiotics to better combat multi-drug resistant organisms, an infection control expert said in May.

Seniors in nursing homes are at greatest risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in the winter months, while children are at greatest risk during the summer, according to a...