A MRSA-terious enemy among us: Boosting MRSA vaccines

Vancomycin resistance among MRSA

Do methicillin resistant staphylococcus (MRSA) carrier patients influence MRSA infection more than MRSA-carrier medical officers and MRSA-carrier family?

AIM to determine the rate of MRSA-carrier among patients, family members and health care providers, and the association between MRSA-carrier family members and health care providers on MRSA infection patient after orthopaedic surgery. METHODS this is a cross-sectional analytical study. Samples were taken consecutively during December 2010 to December 2011, consisting of postoperative patients...

Emergence of community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) in Northern Ireland

In the summer of 2006, a previously healthy 16 year old individual presented to the local Accident and Emergency Department, of a Northern Ireland hospital, with a 1.5cm diameter abscess over the left great toe, surrounded by cellulitis. The lesion had failed to respond to oral flucloxacillin prescribed by the family doctor. Apart from trauma to the toe three weeks previously, the patient had n...

Care for MRSA carriers in the outpatient sector: a survey among MRSA carriers and physicians in two regions in Germany

BACKGROUND Little is known about the management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers in the German outpatient sector and about the impact of MRSA on their daily life. Reimbursement for MRSA related costs in the German outpatient sector is available since 2012, but its impact has not been studied yet. The aim of the study was to analyze the outpatient management of MRSA...

Losing the MRSA label.

There are some things you might want to be for life. A credit card holder. A frequent flyer. Someone who likes to work out.Butnoonesays,“IwanttobelabeledasMRSApositive.” Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) leads to 250 000 hospitalizations in the US per year, and some 10 000 deaths (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/ 13/12/07-0629_article.htm). Moreover, it is hard to shake; in ad...