Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a problem that is growing in the healthcare field today. In 1973 MRSA infections only accounted for 2% of all Staphylococcus infections, in 2004 that figure was up to 63%. At last count that figure was still rising. It is thought that, as much as 1% of the entire human [...]

Staph infections can be common in children, who spend a lot of time in close proximity to each other and are more prone to cuts and scrapes. At the same time, infections caused by staph bacteria can cause serious side effects in children and even death. Here are the signs and symptoms you [...]

MRSA is a highly antibiotic-resistant form of staph infection. Left untreated, it can cause infections throughout the body and even lead to death. However, many times it gets misdiagnosed, and doctors prescribe patients medications that will not cure here. Luckily, a new test on the market makes it faster to detect MRSA.

The UK-based Bella Moss Foundation is striving to inform dog owners of the risk to their pets. The founder, Jill Moss, started the foundation after she lost her beloved dog Bella to the disease.

MRSA can often be found on people in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Some patients have a higher risk factor for MRSA, including: patients who are in the hospital for extended periods of time, patients in an intensive care unit or a burn unit, and those who have had surgery. Even patients [...]

A MRSA infection is also known as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA and also Hospital-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA), which not only define what it is but how it is acquired. MRSA is an infection. It is a special infection because it is an infection with a strain of Staphyloccoccus aureaus bacteria that is resistant [...]

Tea tree oil was originally used in Australia by the aboriginal people. For thousands of years, these people would crush the leaves and make a mudpack to use as an antiseptic and antifungal. The plant got the name “tea tree” in the late 1700s when Captain James Cook and his crew first used [...]

Because of this trial, the FDA has approved Daptomycin for treating infections caused by S. aureus. It is the first new drug in twenty years to be approved. This can mean a lot of hope for doctors that are finding new strains of MRSA harder and harder to treat.

Perhaps the single most important thing you can do to help protect your loved ones against MRSA is to teach them how to properly wash their hands. Most individuals do not wash long enough to prevent the spread of infections. You need to wash in warm soapy water for a minimum of 15 to 20 [...]

Many individuals will tell you that MRSA infections return. Even when treated with antibiotic and seemingly "cured", infections can return later. The infections can spread through family members. MRSA infections leaves your immune system weakened so the individual is susceptible to other illnesses. The MRSA bacterium loves to live in the nasal passages of individuals. [...]