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During the 2019 pandemic sweeping through hospitals, an insidious companion emerged in bloodstream infections, where bacteria ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an antibiotic-resistant kind of Staphylococcus aureus that is typically resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics such as cephalosporin and penicillin ...

The rate of mortality among hospitalized infants was higher in those with vs without late-onset invasive S aureus, and attributable mortality was higher in those with VLBW.

Wayne Lukas had been battling a severe Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood infection. He died on Saturday at the age of 89.

MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It is one of many strains of a bacterium called Staphylococcus aureus -- or staph, for short. Staph bacteria are common on skin and ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is among the most common type of pathogen in the healthcare system and the community.

Abstract Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is an emergent pathogen in Brazil. However, there are no data on the prevalence of CA-MRSA. We report here the first ...

The enzymes required for the incorporation of host fatty acids into the membrane phospholipids of Gram-positive bacterial pathogens are unknown. Fatty acid kinase (Fak) is a new enzyme in lipid ...

Mortality attributable to infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has now overtaken the death rate for AIDS in the United States, and advances in research are urgently needed ...