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There has been a sharp rise in cases of the superbug MRSA being contracted outside hospitals across the UK. Britons have been urged to avoid sharing items such as towels or razors, particularly in ...

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 University of Pennsylvania Medical Center developed patient safety education designed to prevent MRSA infections. Download the patient education on MRSA prevention for use in your own facility.

DEAR DOCTOR K: What is MRSA? What makes it so dangerous? Dear Reader: We have a brain, and bacteria don’t. So you’d think bacteria wouldn’t be able to outsmart us. But they sure can figure out ways to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When she first described it in 1961, Patricia Jevons, a British bacteriologist, may have had a hard time imagining that the tiny bug she was staring at would soon become a ...

Dear Reader: We have a brain, and bacteria don’t. So you’d think bacteria wouldn’t be able to outsmart us. But they sure can figure out ways to become resistant to the antibiotics we use to kill them.

Since it was published just last week, not all of you have had the pleasure of reading The Primary Source's article "Come and Get It: Promiscuity among gays spreads staph infection" (Jan. 30). While ...

The Pitt may have added a bit more levity this week with the return of the emergency room betting pool and a patient whose problems were solved by simply cutting off her eyelashes, but there were ...