You may have seen the 2007 headlines that claimed that Methicillan Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus killed more people than AIDS. While it is true that there are some strains of staphylococcus bacteria that have become resistant to drugs, most...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a bacterial infection that can infect open wounds, blisters and skin lesions. Normal infection with the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, or S. aureus, can be treated with a variety of common...
Staph infections are caused by the Staphylococcus bacteria. This germ is commonly found on skin and in the nose, but most times it does not cause any problems. However, staph infections can travel below the skin and cause infections in the urinary...
Staphylococcus aureus or staph is a common bacteria present in approximately 25 percent of the population. Staph is frequently found in the nose and on the skin. Staph infections range in severity from a simple skin infection to pneumonia or...
Cellulitis, an infection of the skin and its underlying subcutaneous tissue, can be caused by a number of different organisms, but is most commonly caused by staphylococcus and streptococcus species. The skin can be susceptible to infection from...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a strain of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics normally used to treat staph infections. An MRSA infection may start on your skin, and then migrate to your organs and blood, where it...
Staphylococci, also known as staph, are widespread in nature, their normal habitats being the human skin and mucous membranes. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common type of staph that can cause both superficial and deep pus-forming infections....
Mercer disease, often pronounced "MER-suh" for MRSA, refers to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. This nasty organism used to be acquired primarily in hospitals--in which case it was known as HA-MRSA, or hospital acquired MRSA--but in...
