Public urged to be vigilant against community-associated MRSA
Media Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
MRSA is a type of staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. It is a common infection worldwide and is usually associated with ...

Health officials probe infection that killed baby
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
... is director of infection control at Calgary Health Region and a University of Calgary professor with expertise in such areas as the superbug MRSA. ...

Comparison of Culture Screening Protocols for Methicillin ...
Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science (subscription) - Middlebury, VT, USA
To compare the culture screening protocols for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a total of 300 duplicate nasal swabs (233 initial ...

MRSA hits area once again, Garaway ready to tackle infection
Budget - Sugarcreek, OH, USA
This preseason, administrators at Claymont High disclosed in an information session that a few football and volleyball players have been diagnosed with MRSA ...

Tattoo Artists receive Life-Saving Lessons
KHON2 - Honolulu, HI, USA
Including education on the industry's newest threat, MRSA a drug resistant staph infection. "It can lead to some major surgery in order to fix the damage ...

Infected babies born one day apart
Canada.com - Don Mills, Ontario, Canada
... problems with the sterilization of surgical tools at St. Joseph's Hospital in Vegreville, where there was also an outbreak of the superbug MRSA. ...

Pilot study shows SinoFresh product kills MRSA
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA
It is the second phase of studies that the company, based in Venice, has commissioned to determine if its nasal spray is effective against MRSA, a release ...