Researchers prospectively studied patients presenting with skin and soft-tissue infections ... single most commonly identified cause of infection. Of MRSA isolates, 100% were susceptible to ...

The US 300 community-acquired MRSA strain remains relatively uncommon ... 2 children managed as outpatients presented with cutaneous abscesses on the same day. Because of the distinctive clinical ...

Artificial nails place patients at risk of MRSA nosocomial infection and health care workers ... Experts assert that skin care is important, because cracked, dry skin can be more difficult to ...

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 ...

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.

When that happens, your infection will be said to be antibiotic resistant, and your physician will have to prescribe a different drug to combat it. MRSA: The Spread of Drug Resistance In fact ...

Surfaces covered in a micropattern mimicking the ridges of shark skin could reduce the spread of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other superbugs in hospitals. Jef Akst was managing editor of ...

Basilea will seek approval of ceftobiprole for SAB as well as acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection (ABSSSI ... by methicillin-resistant strains (MRSA), said Basilea.