mrsa

(Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)) Methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) infections are resistant to antibiotics and can cause a myriad of problems -- bone erosion, or osteomyelitis, which shorten the effective life of an implant and greatly hinder replacement of that implant.

MRSA can result in prolonged disability, amputation and even death.

Researchers have discovered a new strain of antibiotic-resistant superbug bacteria in milk that has also infected humans.

(MedPage Today) -- Two research groups have independently found a novel form of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that is not detected by some standard tests.

Researchers in Vancouver report that they've found bed bugs with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA

(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) Knowledge gaps and fear -- some of it unjustified -- are common among the caregivers of children with a drug-resistant staph bacterium known as MRSA, according to the results of a small study from the Johns Hopkins Children Center.

These caregivers thirst for timely, detailed and simple information, the researchers add.

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Using vancomycin before surgery appears to help reduce the risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in patients testing positive for colonization with nasal swabs -- but may not help patients without preoperative colonization, researchers said here.

(Lifespan) A multicenter study led by a researcher at Rhode Island Hospital has determined that long-term elder care, HIV-infected and hemodialysis patients are at increased risk of carrying MRSA in their nose.

The study also found that patients have vastly different quantities of MRSA in their noses, a potential indicator for their risk of developing an infection after surgery.

The study appears in the June 2010 edition of the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- A rare strain of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is about five times more deadly than other strains, a researcher said here.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- The battle against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals can only be won by aggressive rapid screening of all patients, an Illinois researcher said.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) appears to be driving an increase in the number of people hospitalized with skin and soft tissue infections, researchers found.