Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Children who get MRSA—a dangerous type of staph infection that can lead to sepsis and is sometimes fatal—must be diagnosed ...

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

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are resistant to multiple antibiotics and commonly cause skin infections that can lead to serious or life-threatening infection in other ...

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, (MRCA, sometimes pronounced “mursa”) is a type of bacteria or “germ” that can be found on the skin of a healthy people. However, MRSA can also cause ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Staph infections are common among kids and young adults, especially those living in close quarters or playing sports. Usually the illness is mild, but some staph infections ...

Endocarditis can be a life threatening complication of MRSA in which the infection causes inflammation in the lining of the heart, and its valves and chambers. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

Surveillance involving all admitted patients, and the infection-control measures thus triggered, significantly decreased MRSA infection rates during hospitalization and for 30 days after discharge.

Severe skin infections are increasing among children and becoming one of the most common reasons for hospitalization, a new study finds. In 2009, about 71,900 children spent time in the hospital ...

Between October 2007 and September 2015, monthly rates for hospital-acquired infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus dropped significantly in Veterans Affairs facilities, a decrease ...

A Penn-Trafford High School wrestler recently was diagnosed with MRSA, a contagious staph infection, the school district said Tuesday. The wrestler, who was not identified, is receiving medical ...