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.

Basilea Pharmaceutica has cited its “stringent risk-return criteria” as a reason for not taking up its option to bring a MRSA antibiotic into clinical development. Basilea secured the license option ...

MRSA is a form of staph bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics typically used to treat bacterial infections. When an MRSA infection travels through the bloodstream, it can reach organs like ...

During the COVID pandemic, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in acute care hospitals rose steeply, despite a decrease of infections before the pandemic, the Society for ...

Researchers found a high prevalence of MRSA in children undergoing open airway surgery, suggesting the need for MRSA screening and treatment, according to a study published in the Archives of ...

Research helps explain why MRSA takes hold post-implant surgery Staphylococcus aureus, bacteria which commonly cause drug-resistant infections to take hold after prosthetic surgery, shield themselves ...

An antibody therapy could treat infections caused by a dangerous strain of bacteria that most antibiotics can’t kill. While the treatment hasn’t been tested in humans yet, it is effective in mice.

New York Giants tight end Daniel Fells had a seventh surgery on his foot Saturday and has two more scheduled, agent Ron Slavin told ESPN's Lisa Salters. According to Slavin,doctors finally think they ...