Usually, it does not cause problems, but it can lead to several types of infections when it gets under the skin, in the blood ...

Once it gets into the body, through wounds or medical tubes, it can cause an infection that could kill someone already weakened by illness. In Britain, it is estimated that MRSA and other ...

Background Healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) remain a high priority patient ...

Researchers have found Staphylococcus aureus can adapt to vancomycin while overcoming its fitness cost, threatening the ...

A furuncle, or a boil, may begin as a bump on your skin that looks like a pimple, but as the infection worsens, it becomes ...

As antimicrobial resistance threatens medical progress, doctors like Sylvia Omulo are looking for clues to help us heal.

Antimicrobial drugs are widely used around the world to treat infections. However, the overuse of antimicrobials has resulted ...

The Telegraph spoke to Vanessa Carter, who battled a recurrent MRSA infection that led to multiple reconstructive surgeries on her face Simon Townsley/Simon Townsley The new research, published in ...

mostly known from its antibiotic-resistant variant Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is among the leading causes of both community- and hospital-acquired infections. According to ...

Two hundred and sixty-three hospitals in the U.S. have a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection rate of zero, as based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS.

A team of researchers led by Dr Stephen Harbarth have claimed that a new screening test for MRSA could prove to be useful in reducing the infection rates in hospitals and cut down the £1 billion ...

A historic brine bath is the site of a potential breakthrough in the prevention of antibiotic resistance in relation to MRSA, ...