Understanding MRSA (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body. It's tougher to treat than most strains of staphylococcus aureus -- or staph --...
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics. These antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as...
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Although outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, have primarily been confined to hospitals in the past, the study determined that, due to "high risk behaviors" beyond...
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Decades ago, a strain of staph emerged in hospitals that was resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. Dubbed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), it was...
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), MRSA is a type of bacteria that is resistant to a class of antibiotics that include methicillin and other more commonly prescribed...
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Going to the gym is supposed to be good for your health, but if you don't take the proper precautions, it may have the opposite effect. Germs can lurk on any surface, from exercise equipment to the...
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MRSA stands for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a bacteria known for causing skin infections and other types of infections. It is immune to many antibiotics. A primary way to become...
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How does MRSA spread? Until recently, most MRSA cases occurred in hospitals or other health-care facilities, such as long-term care. In recent years, MRSA has emerged as one of the most common skin...
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CDC scientists are investigating what role staph infections - including those with a drug-resistant strain called MRSA - are playing in flu deaths. MRSA, which stands for methicillin-resistant...
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These are the main risk factors for community-acquired (CA) MRSA: Young age. CA-MRSA can be particularly dangerous in children. Often entering the body through a cut or scrape, MRSA can quickly cause...
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Oh my gosh....I have heard of it in many rest homes now, and in hospitals....but, if one has to have surgery...it can be very risky today!
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Physician, writer and full-time advocate, David Wallinga, M.D., represents the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) as a de facto doctor to the nation's ailing food system. Through his...
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A new device can identify specific bacterial strains from their genetic codes so experts can transmission path of the infection and cut it off.In an early test of the technology, researchers halted an...
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