Article: Altered bacteriophages may curb hospital MRSA.(Infectious Diseases)(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

Article: MRSA is most common cause of skin infections in many ...
Internal Medicine News;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is prevalent, and perhaps switch to drugs that provide MRSA coverage. And health care ... departments of emergency medicine and infectious diseases at Olive View-UCLA Medical ... concerning the prevalence of MRSA skin and soft-tissue infections ...

Article: Community-acquired variety tops MRSA ...
Internal Medicine News;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Based on those numbers ... 2006;193:172-9). "MRSA colonization was associated ... with the National Center for Infectious Diseases. Concern about community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) continues to ...

Article: Community-acquired MRSA spread detailed.(Infectious ...
Pediatric News;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... conference on pediatric infectious diseases sponsored by Children ... resistant S. aureus (MRSA), Dr. Kaplan, the chief of infectious diseases service at Texas Children ... really going to control [MRSA] unless we have a vaccine ...

Article: MRSA is common in perineal, buttock ...
Family Practice News;  September 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... hospital's experience. "MRSA is a common problem in our ... of the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and ... previous report found that MRSA was the leading cause of skin ... patients and were positive for MRSA in 33% of the cases. By site ...

Article: MRSA colonization may affect up to 2.3 million: the CDC ...
Family Practice News;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Based on those numbers ... 2006; 193:172-9). "MRSA colonization was associated ... with the National Center for Infectious Diseases. Concern about community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) is growing ...

Article: MRSA showing no mercy in skin ...
Internal Medicine News;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the antibiotic front lines. MRSA seems to be very sensitive ... vitro study of almost 3,400 MRSA isolates showed that all were ... they are ineffective against MRSA at this point. Rifampin may ... and practice according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America's 2005 ...

Article: Hospital system begins to see success in MRSA ...
Family Practice News;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... more and more patients with MRSA in the hospital ... and we ... ahead and start dealing with MRSA from a patient safety standpoint ... of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases research at ENH. Patients ... those who are colonized with MRSA pose a risk to others as well ...