Breaches of infection control protocol may have contributed to three patients who were infected with MRSA after receiving epidural shots at a West Virginia outpatient pain clinic, according to a study ...

October 24, 2011 (Orlando, Florida) — While the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), particularly the community-acquired form, in ophthalmic infections continues to rise, ...

MRSA has become a commonly encountered pathogen in the clinical setting. It causes severe morbidity and mortality worldwide, with death rates in patients with MRSA infection ranging from 20% to 50% ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among people with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection caught in the general community (rather than in hospital), more than 20 percent were dead ...

An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sickened 10 critically ill infants over the course of eight months at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif. While the Orange County ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - While rates of drug-resistant staph infections appear to be on the rise in society in general, hospitals are making progress at curbing at least one source of infection in some of ...

MRSA remains one of the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant infections in healthcare settings, causing thousands of severe cases and deaths each year. While progress has been made, slowing infection ...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement developed a how-to guide on prevention MRSA infections in healthcare settings. The how-to guide, developed as part of IHI’s 5 Million Lives Campaign, includes ...

LOS ANGELES -- Several Los Angeles police officers have contracted a possible skin infection, the department said Tuesday. The three officers were stationed at the West Valley station in Reseda, which ...

A hotel in Ann Arbor is being sued for allegedly having an unkept pool that led to a woman getting a severe infection. 23-year-old Alexis Williams was in serious pain as she could not use her leg, and ...