[img id=”77367″ align=”alignleft”] This year Dr. Robert Daum, a pediatrician at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, began a study tracking ...

Doctors diagnose MRSA using lab tests on fluid or tissue samples. Treatment with antibiotics may begin even before confirming a diagnosis. MRSA treatment includes antibiotics, which may be oral or ...

Images magnified 120,000 times under a scanning electron microscope show golden staph bacteria cells after two minutes on a) polished stainless steel, b) polished copper, and in c) and d), the team’s ...

Staphylococcus bacteria live on skin and can cause a staph infection if they enter the bloodstream. Staph infections can involve a range of symptoms, like vomiting, rashes or inflamed skin, and fever.

Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is concern that mupirocin decolonization might cause MRSA PCR nasal swab tests to be inaccurate. A study ...

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 ...

Our skin is crawling with Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium responsible for most staph infections. Usually staph is harmless, but sometimes—if it breaks through the barrier of our skin or hitches a ...