Antibiotic resistance continues to push modern medicine into dangerous territory. In hospitals around the world, infections ...

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In a new study, researchers show how so‑called TriPcides can target the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including antibiotic‑resistant strains such as MRSA. The compounds disrupt the bacteria's ...

Intervention reduces staph infections in hospital NICU: 5 things to know Researchers analyzed the effect of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus decolonization on MSSA infection incidence and ...

Bacteria live all around us, even in us. Though some bacterial pathogens can cause dangerous infections, many of those microbes are harmless. Sometimes, the same strain of bacteria can lead to very ...

The FDA discovered staph bacteria contamination in an eczema cream sold nationwide. Staph can cause life-threatening infections including sepsis in people with compromised immune systems or damaged ...

A Wisconsin company is recalling a cream used to treat eczema and other conditions after it was found to be contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus, the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.

More than 119,000 people were diagnosed with bloodstream Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States in 2017, and almost 20,000 died -- a significant slowing in the previously declining ...

Dallas, TX - Physicians treating people with pacemakers or other implanted cardiac devices who also develop Staphylococcus aureus infections should be keenly suspicious that the device will become ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a versatile Gram-positive bacterium capable of causing a spectrum of illnesses ranging from superficial skin infections to life-threatening endocarditis and sepsis. Central to ...

Staph infections are common infections caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus. While there are over 30 different types of Staphylococcus, one strain, Staphylococcus aureus, causes most of the millions ...