Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A negative MRSA nasal swab could help clinicians determine whether to withhold or discontinue MRSA treatment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A simpler one-swab-per nostril iodophor regimen produced identical reductions in MRSA carriage among nursing ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) nasal colonization is associated with longer hospital stays and an increase in surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization is associated with longer hospital stays and an increase in surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergoing major ...

Consideration to add empiric MRSA therapy with vancomycin is a common clinical dilemma. However, vancomycin overuse has important adverse events. MRSA colonization screening is commonly performed for ...

A recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests the combination of a throat swab and nasal swab may boost MRSA surveillance, especially among younger patients. For this ...

The perceived need to swab the noses of pregnant women and newborns for the presence of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) may be unfounded, according to a new study. It is often ...

One of Ulster's highest profile doctors called today for all frontline medics to be "routinely tested" for MRSA - in a bid to stop the rising spread of superbugs in hospitals here. One of Ulster's ...

A simple phone call from the Royal Berkshire Hospital revealed Evening Post reporter Fiona Gray tested negative for the super bug MRSA on Friday. Miss Gray was swab tested for MRSA as part of a new ...

SWABBING incoming hospital patients for MRSA has significantly reduced infections of the superbug, according to health bosses. So far this year there has only been one case of the superbug, and in the ...

A while ago an investigative television journalist friend rang me up. "I just went undercover to take some MRSA swabs for my filthy hospital superbug scandal," he said, "but they all came back ...

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