MSSA and MRSA are Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteria with different resistance patterns. MRSA is resistant to many antibiotics and is more difficult to treat. Both types of bacteria can cause ...

Intervention reduces staph infections in hospital NICU: 5 things to know Researchers analyzed the effect of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus decolonization on MSSA infection incidence and ...

Oregon hospitals have been making progress in reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs), but they still fall short in ...

An integrated strategy combining prolonged personal and environmental decolonization is effective in reducing recurrent ...

Research comparing clinical outcomes between patients receiving nafcillin and cefazolin for treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia shows that overall treatment ...

More than 119,000 people were diagnosed with bloodstream Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States in 2017, and almost 20,000 died -- a significant slowing in the previously declining ...

Cefazolin is a first‐generation cephalosporin widely used in the treatment of infections caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). Its favourable safety profile and reduced risk ...

Fifteen operating room staffers at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, including surgeons and nurses, did not participate in surgery for a week to 11 days in August after testing positive for the ...

Researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Janssen Biotech, Inc. have shown in early tests that a bioengineered drug candidate can counter infection with Staphylococcus aureus – a bacterial ...

Patients with kidney disease who receive hemodialysis are at a much higher risk of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections than the general population. A new study has found that Black and ...