Though the inside of the front of the nose is where methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is the most predominant, new research shows nearly all people colonized with MRSA have the bacteria ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) nasal colonization is associated with longer hospital stays and an increase in surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal ...

A recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests the combination of a throat swab and nasal swab may boost MRSA surveillance, especially among younger patients. For this ...

WASHINGTON — A MRSA PCR nasal swab showed promise as a tool for antimicrobial stewardship in a large study of pediatric critical care patients, according to findings presented here at IDWeek. Crawford ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A simpler one-swab-per nostril iodophor regimen produced identical reductions in MRSA carriage among nursing ...

The idea that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) abscesses don’t always require antibiotics (Item 122-5) may have been accepted in 1950, but it is not true anymore. All clinicians know ...

Sign up for our FREE E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox! The study involved nearly 75,000 patients in 43 mostly community hospitals in 16 states ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British researchers are working on a new drug, which is placed as a gel in the nose, that may offer new hope in the fight against the hospital superbug MRSA. Destiny Pharma, a ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...

Coffee and tea drinkers could be at lower risk of a developing a deadly drug-resistant staph infection, new research suggests. As part of the 2003-04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ...

Is there a role for preoperative nasal culture to rule outmethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prior to surgery? —Rajesh V. Dalal, MD, Lake Jackson, Tex. Presently, the answer is no.