Seasonal MRSA spikes hit children, spare adults in healthcare settings
Mar 30, 2011
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rates tend to increase during the summer and autumn months, but adults in healthcare settings may be safe from the spike, new research suggests.
Private rooms in intensive care units help to reduce hospital infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and C. difficile, according to a study published in the January issue of the...
MRSA guidelines released
Jan 06, 2011
The Infectious Diseases Society of America just issued its first set of comprehensive guidelines for treating methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which is often seen in nursing homes.
MRSA infection rates vary broadly among nursing homes, report finds
Dec 03, 2010
While nursing homes are considered to be high-risk facilities for the transmission of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) compared to hospitals and ICUs, infection rates vary broadly from...
What’s that lurking under the resident’s mattress? More often now, it could be a bedbug
Sep 09, 2010
As if MRSA and the flu do not pose enough of an irritation, nursing homes may be contending with a new pest: bedbugs.
Source of a MRSA defense? Scientists find powerful antibiotics on frog skins
Aug 27, 2010
Their wart-causing powers having long since been debunked, frogs are now getting a chance to prove their medical worthiness, according to new reports. Scientists are now using frog skin to produce new...
Just another superbug
By
Liza Berger
Aug 17, 2010
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about a new superbug. Apparently, it may not be as “super powerful” as some people may think.
Unnecessary hype surrounds new superbug, experts say
Aug 17, 2010
There is no evidence that a new superbug resistant to most antibiotics will be any more dangerous than other known superbugs, according to new reports.
MRSA cases may be waning as fears of new superbug emerge
Aug 13, 2010
The number of cases of the dangerous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are declining, but a new superbug could be spreading from India, according to two reports.
Fighting bugs with bugs: ‘beeglue’ could prove effective in fighting MRSA
Jun 29, 2010
Bees from the Pacific Northwest could be excreting a sticky, but effective, treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to the latest buzz in biomedical research.