Antibiotic treatment during an influenza infection actually impaired the body’s efforts to clear bacteria rather than helping the body heal.

Public health officials are concerned that we could move back into a situation like that of the early 20th century, before ...

In 1962, the first case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was identified. Resistance of certain bacteria to other antibiotics was also reported. For several decades starting in the ...

The history of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus spans more than half a century. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has emerged as an almost ubiquitous pathogen in both the ...

MRSA is a type of staph highly resistant to a common class of antibiotics. Many people carry MRSA harmlessly on their skin or inside their noses. However, if the bacteria penetrates the skin ...

Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd, Allschwil (SIX: BSLN), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to meeting the needs of patients with severe bacterial and fungal infections, reported today on ...

This marks Zevtera as the sole FDA-approved MRSA-targeting cephalosporin antibiotic for these conditions. It is also indicated for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI ...

The intravenous options for MRSA are generally limited to vancomycin ... inhaled and intravenous antibiotic agents. Chronic use of aerosolized antibiotics such as tobramycin or colistin, as ...

Rising central-line infections fuel healthcare-associated endocarditis with high mortality. Experts urge better catheter use, removal, and infection control. Central-line associated bloodstream ...

When Ed Rivas went on a summer vacation to Florida, he never imagined he'd have to choose between losing his left leg or his ...

The new research, led by the University of Sheffield, reveals MRSA has a double defence mechanism against antibiotics - this new insight offers hope in treating the life-threatening superbug and ...

When talking about how much longer he will still be able to go in the ring, he said that, much like Rey Mysterio, he will let ...