Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013;11(5):499-509. Limiting unnecessary, empiric, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy is universally thought to be an effective tool for reducing HAIs and limiting ...

Henrico Doctors' Hospital hasn’t done enough to contain infections in its troubled neonatal intensive care unit and had not paid sufficient attention to reports and video that indicated vulnerable ...

Many studies have described dramatic localized outbreaks of cutaneous infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA ... patients presenting with skin and soft-tissue infections ...

Simple hand washing. And for parents who do think that their child might have a MRSA skin infection, how can they distinguish the difference between a regular skin infection vs. MRSA? Tom Frieden ...

The results were achieved through a robust skin MRSA infection model, and those behind the research say it justifies further pre-clinical development. In particular, they plan to advance tests ...

They may also lance and drain a staph skin infection. Important: Some strains of staph called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are resistant to the most commonly used antibiotics.

Known as community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA, these skin infections have been reported in athletes, daycare-age children, students, military personnel and prison inmates, among others, and can lead ...