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Less MRSA Admitted Means Fewer Acquired Infections, Study Shows When fewer patients have positive cultures for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus upon admission, transmission and infection ...
A study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection examined the effect of different surveillance frequencies on meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection rates in neonatal intensive ...
Staph, short for staphylococcus aureus, is a common skin bacterium. Normally it is not harmful, but, like all bacteria, it can be dangerous. Increasingly, staph is becoming resistant to commonly used ...
The more often a hospital can check its newborns for deadly MRSA germs, the more likely it will be that they are contained, according to a new study. However, researchers noted that there are ...
New research presented at this week’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (Copenhagen, 15-18 April) shows how interventions focused on so called ‘supercontactors’ in ...
San Diego, October 10, 2003 – Clinical cure rates were significantly better in patients treated with Pfizer's antibiotic ZYVOX TM (linezolid injection, tablets and for oral suspension) for complicated ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: A friend and her kids are carriers for MRSA. Could you please give advice for us on how to stay healthy when you know you will be in contact with a MRSA carrier? — I.R. Advertisement ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Roach • I am writing concerning being a MRSA carrier. A friend and her kids were tested and are carriers. She got it ...