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Shasta County Sheriff's Office criticized for lax staph infection control at the jail
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe 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 ...
What Is MRSA?
Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of infection-causing bacterium that is resistant to the antibiotic methicillin (meaning it...
How Is MRSA Treated?
Health via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of Staphylococcus, or "staph" bacteria, that can cause skin infections and affect the lungs,...
What Causes MRSA?
Health via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by the uncontrolled spread of the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus—which is usually...
How Is MRSA Diagnosed?
Health via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a type of Staphylococcus (or “staph”) bacteria. What makes MRSA problematic is...
Signs and Symptoms of MRSA
Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that has become resistant to the antibiotic methicillin, and oftentimes other...
How to Prevent MRSA
Health via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a type of Staphylococcus (or “staph”) bacteria. Overall, many people are...
A woman got a life-threatening infection after a tummy tuck — and says the doctor just told her to...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJamie Hilburn Jamie Hilburn, then a single mom, got herself a tummy tuck and liposuction for her...
BD's (BDX) New FDA Approval to Improve MRSA Diagnostics
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoBecton, Dickinson and Company BDX, popularly known as BD, recently received the FDA’s 510(k)...
New antibiotic ceftobiprole shows promise against resistant staph infections
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe drug ceftobiprole appeared successful in fighting methicillin-resistant staph infections,...