MURRIETA, Calif., Dec. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent multicenter study by Dr. Carey-Ann D. Burnham et al adds another application to the growing number of uses and endorsements for COPAN's widely ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After a MRSA swab protocol was implemented, antibiotic administration decreased. Vancomycin use also decreased ...

WASHINGTON — A MRSA PCR nasal swab showed promise as a tool for antimicrobial stewardship in a large study of pediatric critical care patients, according to findings presented here at IDWeek. Crawford ...

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 ...

Patients, staff and visitors all help spread drug-resistant staph bacteria within hospitals, a new study that precisely tracked transmission suggests. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

Methods: We conducted a 2-year retrospective cohort study that included patients with documented clinical infection with S. aureus and prior screening for MRSA. We determined test characteristics, ...