Researchers searched the PubMed and Embase databases from inception to November 2016 for studies evaluating MRSA nasal screening and development of MRSA pneumonia. They selected 22 studies with 5,163 ...

Though the inside of the front of the nose is where methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is the most predominant, new research shows nearly all people colonized with MRSA have the bacteria ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A negative MRSA nasal swab could help clinicians determine whether to withhold or discontinue MRSA treatment ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) nasal colonization is associated with longer hospital stays and an increase in surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Active surveillance testing for nasal MRSA carriages appeared to reduce the incidence of clinical ...

Humans, and the microbes that live inside us, could be the source of the next generation of antibiotics. German researchers just discovered an antibiotic produced by bacteria that inhabit our noses.

TüBINGEN, Germany, July 27 (UPI) --Researchers in Germany found a previously unknown antibiotic in the last place anybody expected it to be: the human nose. The bacteria Staphylococcus lugdunensis, ...

Scientists in Germany discovered a new antibiotic right under our noses, literally. And this new antibiotic could kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a dangerous infection-causing ...

CHICAGO — Researchers say they found an “alarming” increase in children’s ear, nose and throat infections nationwide caused by dangerous drug-resistant staph germs. Other studies have shown rising ...

Facing persistent cases of hospital-onset Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during the pandemic, the infection prevention and control (IPC) team at Children's Hospital New Orleans ...

MANCHESTER, England — The human nose harbors not only a deadly enemy — Staphylococcus aureus — but also its natural foe. Scientists have now isolated a compound from that foe that might combat MRSA, ...

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