Admission to the intensive care unit is a major risk factor for contracting the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection among patients colonized with MRSA, according to a study in ...

Results from a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology suggest Staphylococcus aureus colonization is not linked to mortality among patients infected with MRSA. Researchers ...

Avoid unnecessary tests and antibiotics by applying evidence-based, cost-conscious infectious-disease decision-making, with ...

MRSA has become a commonly encountered pathogen in the clinical setting. It causes severe morbidity and mortality worldwide, with death rates in patients with MRSA infection ranging from 20% to 50% ...

Researchers found no link between colonization and mortality among MRSA-infected patients and concluded that strategies to decolonize carriers may help prevent MRSA but may not be enough to prevent ...

A deadly superbug is spreading across the U.S., and it's resistant to most antibiotics. Health officials have reported that thousands of people are already infected with candida auris (C. auris), a ...