Depending on how severe your infection is, MRSA wounds can take from a few days to several months to heal. MRSA infections can range from a minor skin infection to a much more serious systemic ...

MRSE and MRSA are bacterial infections caused by the Staphylococcus genus. These infections are resistant to several types of antibiotics, making them more difficult to treat. They can cause serious ...

MRSA is a type of bacteria that can be resistant to several antibiotics. MRSA might spread more easily in athletic settings. Preventing MRSA infections is crucial to athletes' health and safety. Skin ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria that can cause infections and is resistant to several antibiotics. Doctors and nurses sometimes refer to it as MRSA (which sounds like ...

How to protect yourself against the "superbug" that affects millions each year. Oct. 22, 2007 — -- When Mr. Wilson (name changed to protect confidentiality) arrived at the emergency department at ...

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are both conditions that affect the skin. Yet an examination of HS versus MRSA shows that the causes, symptoms, and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Outbreaks of skin and soft tissue infections caused by the superbug MRSA -- short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- continue to be a problem, especially ...

Area health and school officials say hygiene education and taking basic precautions are the best ways to avoid outbreaks of the potentially deadly drug-resistant staphylococcal infection called ...

A flood of media coverage has put a spotlight on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after a number of recent cases arose in Virginia and several other states. David Popham, associate ...

ATLANTA – MRSA is a common cause of skin infections throughout the United States. These infections occur in men, women, adults, children, and persons of all races and sexual orientations, and are ...