A single patient infected with the increasingly common "superbug" known as MRSA can cost a hospital $60,000, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday. Their study of seven hospitals and health facilities ...

Breaches of infection control protocol may have contributed to three patients who were infected with MRSA after receiving epidural shots at a West Virginia outpatient pain clinic, according to a study ...

MORRIS, ILLINOIS, USA, August 1, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Rampant MRSA Infection Rates in U.S. Healthcare Facilities Increase Since the Beginning of COVID-19. “We ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria that can cause infections and is resistant to several antibiotics. Doctors and nurses sometimes refer to it as MRSA (which sounds like ...

ATLANTA, GA – While prevention methods appear to be helping to lower hospital infection rates from MRSA, a deadly antibiotic-resistant bacterium, a new superbug is on the rise, according to research ...

Threatened with financial penalties, U.S. hospitals are screening patients for drug-resistant germs and increasing the use of newer antibiotics. Medicare will stop paying for treatment of some ...

MRSA has become a commonly encountered pathogen in the clinical setting. It causes severe morbidity and mortality worldwide, with death rates in patients with MRSA infection ranging from 20% to 50% ...

Studies suggest that staphylococcus is the main cause of purulent cellulitis, with MRSA predominant, while in nonpurulent cellulitis, β-hemolytic streptococci appear to be more important. The role of ...

Daniel Fells has a MRSA infection that doctors fear could lead to amputation. — -- A dire infection that has left an NFL player facing possible amputation has highlighted the dangers professional ...

Fourteen babies have contracted infections caused by MRSA at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage since March, according to a News Tribune news report. In addition, the hospital discovered 17 ...

A hotel in Ann Arbor is being sued for allegedly having an unkept pool that led to a woman getting a severe infection. 23-year-old Alexis Williams was in serious pain as she could not use her leg, and ...

Outbreaks of skin and soft tissue infections caused by the superbug MRSA — short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — continue to be a problem, especially among high school football teams ...