Hospitals with the highest MRSA deaths and Clostridium difficile were released. The Office for National Statistics figures were released publicly and have revealed the hospitals that had the highest infections that lead to death between 2002 - 2006.
One such hospital in Bath, the Royal United, had 268 cases that lead to death. That number represents [...]

Scientists have recently claimed to have found a cure for MRSA, the well-known but dangerous cause of harmful skin infection, after finding medications on a computer database that were originally thought to have no association to treat it.
These findings show that patients may be able to find routine treatment for infections caused by MRSA within [...]

MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a type of Staph Infection that is extremely dangerous. Although the virus originally could be found in health care facilities, it has now become more community-based and is far easier to contract. Although it targets open wounds and those with weaker immune systems, it can also affect pregnant women. [...]

According to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the MRSA bug is responsible for over 19,000 deaths in 2005, with over 94,000 reported cases in the U.S.
Community based MRSA manifests as a small skin infection, appearing like follucilitis or a small boil, and is generally painful. MRSA lives on the [...]

Recently, scientists have developed a new way to treat MRSA. This new development uses a light activated treatment that targets and kills MRSA.
The treatment works by using a light-sensitive antimicrobial drug that is attached to a peptide (protein), which then attaches onto the bacterial surface of MRSA. With use of this method, only MRSA bacteria [...]

MRSA is an acronym for Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus.
It is a bacterium, which is responsible for the unmanageable infections in the human beings. It is also called as Oxacilin resistant Staphylococcus aureus or multidrug resistant Staphylococuus Aureus. MRSA is defined as a strain of Staphylococcus aureus, which is resistant to a great group [...]