, a bacteria that can cause a potentially deadly staph infection, used to be found primarily in hospitals and nursing homes. In recent years, however, the superbug has cropped up everywhere. The ...

GENEVA, April 15 -- One in every 20 healthcare workers carries methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), researchers here said. But the vast majority is without symptoms and only 5.1% have ...

A University of Florida study of middle-aged and older adults finds those who unknowingly carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, on their skin are twice as likely to die within ...

New strains of drug-resistant MRSA bacteria are showing up in communities, causing hundreds of thousands of infections a year that go unreported and untracked by public health agencies, according to a ...

MRSA is a potentially serious bacterial infection. Children can catch MRSA through contact with other kids, often when the bacteria enter a cut or scrape. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

MRSA symptoms vary depending on the infection site, commonly appearing on the skin as bumps or lesions, but can also affect the lungs, bones, blood, and heart. MRSA skin infections can resemble other ...

The story of MRSA begins just four years after methicillin entered medical practice in 1959. The bacteria had already developed resistance to the new antibiotic, demonstrating the remarkable ...

Scientists in Germany have discovered a new drug to combat one of the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the world, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and it's buried ...

Investigators find that MRSA infection impairs the ability of lymphatic vessels to pump lymphatic fluid to lymph nodes in mouse models, which may contribute to the frequent recurrences of MRSA ...

A new strain of MRSA seems to be triggering a deadly form of pneumonia in people who catch flu, experts say. Researchers believe the new strain of the antibiotic-resistant bacterium is becoming more ...

The methicillin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) kills a million people per year globally, making it one of the three deadliest bacteria in humans. This toll is expected to rise ...

MRSA infections have become a major concern in hospitals, but few people are aware that animals and humans can infect each other. In the United States, one in three people carries a staph bacterium, ...