Last winter, a recently discovered bacterial variant became a major cause of severe pneumonia among people who caught the flu. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has long been a ...
A nasty staph germ circulating in the community and some hospitals produces a poison that can kill pneumonia patients within 72 hours, researchers said Thursday. Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — Staph ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pneumonia contracted outside a hospital caused by a staph bacterium, including a "superbug" strain, may be more common in U.S. children than previously thought, health officials ...
An international research group led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a promising new drug candidate against severe lung infections caused by the hospital germ ...
Objective: To discuss current and potential treatment options for nosocomial pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Data Sources: A MEDLINE search (1966-January 2007) was ...
MRSA is a form of staph bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics typically used to treat bacterial infections. When an MRSA infection travels through the bloodstream, it can reach organs like ...
Pneumonia caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most dangerous infections that can occur in hospital. Particularly worrying are multi-resistant strains, against which many ...
Sulfa drugs and antibiotics have worked miracles against most kinds of germs, but with one species, Staphylococcus aureus, their too-liberal use has backfired. Last week US. physicians were pondering ...