What You Need to Know About Staph
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By now, you've seen the headlines about MRSA, the killer staph virus. Yes, it can be deadly, but it can also be treated
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Officials at Kings County Hospital Center said that they were âclosely examiningâ why doctors there failed to detect a drug-resistant staph infection in a boy who died this month.
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A bacterium closely related to bugs that cause gangrene, tetanus and food poisoning could help to beat cancer.
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A middle school student from Brooklyn died Thursday, probably from the staph infection MRSA, according to the New York City Health Department.
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Drug-resistant staph infections have spread to the urban poor, rising almost seven-fold in recent years in some Chicago neighborhoods, a new study finds.
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NEW YORK  - An antibiotic-resistant germ is  increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise  healthy children and adults.
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U.S. scientists have determined immune cells recruited to sites of infection can use more than one type of molecule to exit the bloodstream.
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A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington suggests that bone marrow produces cells that not only help fight infection, but also permanently heal wounds.
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Targeted cleaning to tackle MRSA hotspots is key to reducing hospital infections, an experts says.
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NEW YORK  - An ointment containing the   antibiotic mupirocin does not speed healing or prevent   infection when applied to clean surgical wounds before the   wound is sealed, research suggests. In fact, the ointment may   increase the risk of skin edge necrosis (death), an Australian   research team found.
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The number of deaths linked to a hospital bug called Clostridium difficile has outstripped those due to MRSA, statistics show.
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Operations to treat obesity such as stomach-stapling may work a little too well, causing some patients to develop nerve damage -- a symptom of malnutrition, doctors warned Thursday.
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A simple five-item checklist can prevent hospital infections.
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One dose of an antibiotic just before surgery is as good as several spread over 24 hours to fight infections at the operation site, saving money and easing fears about bacterial resistance, a study said on Monday.
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Nine athletes and a coach at Iona College contracted an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, which has spread through schools nationwide
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Among patients treated at urban public hospital emergency rooms for skin and soft-tissue infections, more and more often the cause appears to be the antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' known as MRSA, new research shows.
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One single strain of bacteria is causing most cases of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus found outside hospitals in the United States, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.