MDROs are organisms that are resistant to typical antibacterial treatments. An MDRO infection is potentially life threatening. MRSA is one type of MDRO. About 3 million people per year in the United ...

The Veterans Health Administration, the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States, is leading efforts to prevent the spread of dangerous multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs), as ...

Every time we post an article about antibiotic resistance, infection control, or related topics, it stimulates more questions from readers about infection control issues in healthcare. This is ...

ORLANDO, Florida — An intervention aimed at reducing multidrug resistant organism (MDRO) colonization and infection in nursing homes proved successful in a randomized trial conducted in a dozen ...

Healthy dogs and cats could be passing on multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs; bacteria that resist treatment with more than one antibiotic) to their hospitalised owners, and likewise humans could be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Antibiotic prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is less effective in cirrhotic patients with known ...

Hospitals and health systems across the nation have taken notice of the risks associated with some endoscopic procedures and the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms to patients. The “superbug” ...

NEW YORK (February 8, 2018) - The Veterans Health Administration, the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States, is leading efforts to prevent the spread of dangerous multi-drug ...