Nearly 120,000 people contracted staph infections in the United States in 2017, most of them in health care facilities – and nearly 20,000 died ...

Healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections continue to be a serious problem in hospitals around the world, causing thousands of deaths every year. Many ...

Hospital-Based Medicine > Infection Control New Guidance to Stem the Tide of MRSA Spread in Hospitals — Detecting asymptomatic infections and decolonization among new recommendations ...

At the Louisville VA hospital%2C MRSA infections have fallen to 0.09 infections per 1%2C000 days patients stay in a bed%2C compared with 1.89 infections per 1%2C000 in 2008 Some non-VA hospitals ...

Antibiotic use aids MRSA spread in hospital and infection control measures do little to prevent it, says hospital study. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...

MRSA is a difficult-to-treat bacterial infection that can affect the skin, lungs, or bloodstream. This infection often spreads in hospitals, clinical spaces, and nursing homes, with some acquiring ...

The impact of MRSA infections in NICU shows an increasing trend; further evaluations are needed to assess cost–effectiveness of infection surveillance and control strategies, by taking into ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A poll of infection prevention professionals conducted six months after the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's ...

MRSA is a type of bacteria found on people’s skin that can cause serious infections. In some cases, it can lead to sepsis or even death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

MRSA infections can cause problems throughout your body. ... Once S. aureus is in your body, your immune system may be able to fight it off or control the spread.

The Shasta County Sheriff's Office and the company hired to provide medical treatment at the county jail are not taking proper precautions to prevent and treat MRSA skin infections among inmates ...

An outbreak of MRSA circulated in the NICU at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital for more than three years and infected 94 babies, according to what staff members at the hospital shared with state ...