Basel, Switzerland, December 21, 2017 - Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. (SIX: BSLN) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designated its investigational drug ceftobiprole as a ...

Beta-lactams are superior to vancomycin for definitive therapy, but not empiric treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bloodstream infection, according to a large ...

Research comparing clinical outcomes between patients receiving nafcillin and cefazolin for treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia shows that overall treatment ...

Research reveals cost-effective alternative treatment for MSSA infections In a study of 142 patients with Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infections, researchers found that treatment ...

Linezolid Nosocomial pneumonia, cSSSI Oral and intravenous form available, bacteriostatic, not approved for catheter-related bloodstream infections, side effects include myelosuppression, ...

Cefazolin is a first‐generation cephalosporin widely used in the treatment of infections caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). Its favourable safety profile and reduced risk ...

Background. Antistaphylococcal penicillins are the treatment of choice for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infection. Ceftriaxone can be dosed once daily and is less expensive for ...

Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus is as much of a risk to very low birth weight infants as methicillin-resistant S. aureus, but does not receive equal prevention and treatment measures.

A new study from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), with collaborators from Johns Hopkins University and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, found that ...

The "superbug" methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is prevalent at several U.S. wastewater treatment plants, according to new research. MRSA is well known for causing difficult-to-treat ...

Frédéric Bert, Jacques-Olivier Galdbart, Virginie Zarrouk, Jacques Le Mée, Francois Durand, France Mentré, Jacques Belghiti, Nicole Lambert-Zechovsky and Bruno Fantin We reviewed the records of 87 ...