Scientists have begun the first human clinical trial of EDP-788, an investigational oral antibiotic intended to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. The Phase 1 trial, ...

October 24, 2011 (Orlando, Florida) — While the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), particularly the community-acquired form, in ophthalmic infections continues to rise, ...

The Infectious Diseases Society of America has released its first guidelines for treatment of MRSA infections, according to an IDSA news release. The guidelines can help physicians determine the most ...

The antibiotic linezolid may be more effective than vancomycin in treating ventilated patients who develop MRSA pneumonia as a result of their ventilation, according to an American Thoracic Society ...

A new treatment tested on 3-D tissue engineered skin proved effective against bacterial skin infections including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and it won’t facilitate the development ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a guide to help healthcare professionals working in the outpatient setting evaluate and treat MRSA infections. According to the CDC, incision ...

A viewer says they keep getting skin infections with MRSA; they want to know what it is and how it can be prevented. Doctor Lacy Anderson has the answer. MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant staph.

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 ...

New research from scientists at the University of Sheffield and elsewhere shows that methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) relies on two co-dependent mechanisms to survive exposure to ...

Testosterone can potentiate S. aureus quorum sensing independent of auto-inducing peptides, increasing toxin release and host-cell damage, whereas progesterone and estrogen do not show the same effect ...

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As mentioned earlier, there is an urgent need for the development of novel antibiotics targeting S. aureus. Fortunately, a number of new agents active against MRSA and other Gram-positive pathogens ...