Although MRSA is resistant to common antibiotics like penicillin and amoxicillin, there are other treatments available. Treating MRSA before it spreads to the lungs or blood is important.

Pediatric MRSA hospitalizations declined between 2016 and 2024, but ICU admission rates remained stable alongside shifts in drug selection.

According to a study by Princeton University scholars and additional collected data, the number of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has increased by more than 90 ...

Over the past several months, we have received dozens of questions about multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). In particular, readers have asked about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...

Early treatment of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (a type of bacteria which are resistant to some antibiotics) infection in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) seems possible, but we ...

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 ...

MRSA, first identified in 1960, became a major cause of healthcare-associated infection with the emergence of epidemic strains EMRSA 15 and 16 in the 1990s. MRSA bacteraemia surveillance in England ...

The history of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus spans more than half a century. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has emerged as an almost ubiquitous pathogen in both the community ...

MRSA is a staph infection that typically appears as a skin infection. It progresses through four healing stages: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Healing time varies widely ...

A new study offers compelling evidence that a novel form of the dangerous superbug Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can spread to humans through consumption or handling of ...

Becker’s Hospital Review reports that there are only six hospitals in the state that have a MRSA infection rate of zero, and three of them are in north Alabama.

NEW YORK -- Brandon Noble is 10 years removed from his seven-year NFL career and now works near Philadelphia as a financial adviser. But the former Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins defensive ...