Not all medical concerns in the NFL are as readily visible as head injuries or blown-out knees, and some—like Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Lawrence Tynes' MRSA infection—may initially go completely ...

MRSA symptoms vary depending on the infection site, commonly appearing on the skin as bumps or lesions, but can also affect the lungs, bones, blood, and heart. MRSA skin infections can resemble other ...

Doctors diagnose MRSA using lab tests on fluid or tissue samples. Treatment with antibiotics may begin even before confirming a diagnosis. MRSA treatment includes antibiotics, which may be oral or ...

Depending on how severe your infection is, MRSA wounds can take from a few days to several months to heal. MRSA infections can range from a minor skin infection to a much more serious systemic ...

[img id=”77367″ align=”alignleft”] This year Dr. Robert Daum, a pediatrician at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, began a study tracking ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...

The congress, which will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, will be attended by more than 300 specialists from across the region. An exhibition to be held alongside will showcase infection control ...

MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a type of staph bacteria that’s resistant to the usual antibiotic drugs used to treat common staph infections. When bacteria are resistant ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant superbug usually associated with hospital infections, is widespread in the ...

Right. Where were we? Oh yes: there is a small unaccredited laboratory in Northants called Chemsol, run by a man with a non-accredited correspondence-course PhD and no formal microbiology training, ...

A breakthrough self-cleaning plastic surface that repels all forms of bacteria, including superbugs like MRSA, could help prevent the transfer of dangerous microbes in settings ranging from hospitals ...