Candida Auris is a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus causing severe infections, particularly in healthcare settings across the ...

Although bacterial virulence, a factor that affects the severity and outcome of an infection, is widely accepted as being driven by high pathogen toxicity levels, a recent study published in the ...

MSSA and MRSA are Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteria with different resistance patterns. MRSA is resistant to many antibiotics and is more difficult to treat. Both types of bacteria can cause ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...

A new means of battling dangerous staph infections has been found Two doses of dalbavancin delivered a week apart worked as well as daily doses of conventional antibiotics Dalbavancin was easier to ...

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 ...

A Virginia man has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey correctional and medical authorities, alleging gross negligence and systemic failures worsened a severe MRSA infection he developed during his ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2010;8(11):1293-1305. Moxifloxacin is a broad spectrum, fourth-generation fluoroquinolone with activity against S. aureus (except for MRSA strains), Gram-negatives and ...

A concerning increase in global rates of severe invasive infections becoming resistant to key antibiotics has a team of infectious disease researchers studying a recently emerged strain of bacteria ...

Prominent MMA and wrestling figure Ben Askren is in the hospital with severe pneumonia, his wife disclosed via social media on Saturday. Amy Askren shared a post on her Facebook page that provided an ...