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

Resistance development of MRSA has become a global health problem. New resistance types, such as vancomycin-resistant S. aureus, have been recently developed. Novel antibiotics, such as linezolid ...

TMP/SMX is unlikely to be cost-effective for treatment of simple cellulitis. Further studies of the microbiology of cellulitis, the epidemiology of MRSA, and the clinical effectiveness of ...

Antibiotic drugs can come in the form of a topical cream (that you can apply directly to the skin), an oral pill, or an injection. Your exact treatment plan will depend on the type of infection you ...

If you are prescribed oral antibiotics, you need to take the drugs as prescribed and to completion even if you're feeling better. If you don't, the infection may return. Worse yet, a more resistant ...

it will be the first antibiotic in the beta-lactam class to or the treatment of SAB S. aureus, including hard-to-treat infections caused by methicillin-resistant strains (MRSA), said Basilea.

Each year, there are nearly three million cases of antibiotic-resistant infections in the U.S. caused by MRSA and other antibiotic ... about the role wastewater treatment facilities can play ...

A historic brine bath is the site of a potential breakthrough in the prevention of antibiotic resistance in relation to MRSA, and other hospital pathogens. The brine in the English market town of ...

If you or someone you know has had Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), you may be wondering, is MRSA contagious? Unfortunately, MRSA infections can also lead to much more serious ...