Antibiotic exposure and dirty hands were factors linked to nursing home contamination with the multidrug-resistant bacteria vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, or VRE, a new study finds. The report was ...

Two common types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria linger in nursing homes, putting vulnerable residents at risk of infection despite cleanings — and even during changes of occupancy, according to a ...

Researchers for the current study found that the prevalence of MRSA declined in each sequential study, dropping from 37.1 percent of participants being infected with MRSA in the first study to 13.4 ...

Researchers cultured the hands, nares, oropharynx, groin and perianal region as well as wounds and device insertion sites of newly admitted nursing home patients. They cultured the areas upon ...