CDC Campaign Targets MRSA Infections

jerry submitted, created time 3 months 4 weeks (health.usnews.com)

A national campaign to teach parents how to protect kids from skin infections caused by dangerous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria was launched this week by the US Centers for Disease ...

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Woman and Cat Shared "Super Bug"--MRSA

What makes one bacterium so deadly

yangjane submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.sciencenews.org)

Scientists have discovered some of the most aggressive antibiotic-resistant staph infections gain their advantage with a molecule that punctures the immune cells trying to fight off the bacteriaCommunity-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA). Understanding the role of this molecule in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) could lead to new therapies for the notoriously hard-to-treat, and sometimes fatal, skin infection.
This article is about antibiotic-resistant staph infections. It give us a question how to use antibiotic and how to prevent the Staphylococcus aureus.

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MRSA Confirmed In Dead New York School Student

Betty submitted, created time 1 year 2 months (www.medicalnewstoday.com)

Health officials from New York city confirmed yesterday that a seventh grade male student who died on the 14th of October had MRSA, a highly infectious drug resistant form of staph bacteria that normally occurs in hospitals and nursing homes but is now beginning to take hold in community based places such as sports centres, schools and gyms. It has become known as CA-MRSA, or community-acquired MRSA.

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Better risk management could cut MRSA infection rates

BIOBOSS submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.nottingham.ac.uk)

The larger -- and busier -- an NHS hospital is, the higher the MRSA infection rate, research from the Nottingham University Business School has revealed.

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Drug-resistant bacterial infections serious complication after corrective eye surgery

alpha submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.biologynews.net)

"Drug-resistant bacteria can complicate treatment after many surgical procedures. In particular, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which has been found in many healthcare settings, can be a serious post-operative complication. In a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers found MRSA infections in the eyes of 12 patients after refractive surgery."

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