Researchers prospectively studied patients presenting with skin and soft-tissue infections ... The prevalence of MRSA varied widely (from 15% of patients in New York to 74% in Kansas City ...

Also, MRSA can develop resistance to mupirocin ... Do hand care products impair the effect of hand disinfectants? Experts assert that skin care is important, because cracked, dry skin can be ...

Adam Richman revealed he contracted the MRSA infection while visiting Zurich ... Richman said the infection was located in a high-risk area on his face and he needed surgery to get rid of the ...

A medic has warned of the serious hazards of sharing certain cosmetic items — after a woman was left wheelchair-bound as a result of borrowing her friend's make-up brush. Dr Samuel Choudhury ...

The MRSA superbug has evolved into 'fitter' strains which could prove even more resistant to treatment, a leading scientist warned on Tuesday. Professor Hajo Grundmann, a world expert in ...

Simple hand washing. And for parents who do think that their child might have a MRSA skin infection, how can they distinguish the difference between a regular skin infection vs. MRSA? Tom Frieden ...

Surfaces covered in a micropattern mimicking the ridges of shark skin could reduce the spread of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other superbugs in hospitals. Jef Akst was managing editor of ...

MRSA: The Spread of Drug Resistance In fact, there is a good chance that the staph infection you picked up from that contaminated doorknob is already antibiotic resistant. Most staph infections in ...

Current decolonization methods for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) face several challenges, including resistance development or microbiome disruption. Hypharm GmbH has presented ...