There has been a sharp rise in cases of the superbug MRSA being contracted outside hospitals across the UK. Britons have been urged to avoid sharing items such as towels or razors, particularly in ...

My child recently had a lesion on his toe, doctors told me he had MRSA. They informed me that he would need to take antibiotics and that he would be fine. Thankfully, his lesion is now almost ...

Symptoms of MRSA infections can range from resembling a boil or pimple to a cut that is swollen and fileld with pus to blisters filled with fluid. Symptoms of more severe cases can include a rash, ...

The idea that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) abscesses don’t always require antibiotics (Item 122-5) may have been accepted in 1950, but it is not true anymore. All clinicians know ...

The story of MRSA begins just four years after methicillin entered medical practice in 1959. The bacteria had already developed resistance to the new antibiotic, demonstrating the remarkable ...