Objectives. In 2000, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) implemented active, sentinel site surveillance for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). Data from ...

Types of Staphylococcus bacteria There are more than 30 types of Staphylococcus bacteria. The bacteria Staphylococcus aureus causes the most infections. There are also several strains of S. aureus.

Staphylococci are the most studied of the resident skin flora owing to their ubiquitous colonization of human skin and the wide spectrum of diseases they cause. The dominant Staphylococcus species ...

Staphylococcus aureus, mostly known from its antibiotic-resistant variant Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is among the leading causes of both community- and hospital-acquired ...

A new study shows that a 'good' bacterium commonly found in probiotic digestive supplements helps eliminate Staphylococcus aureus, a type of bacteria that can cause serious antibiotic-resistant ...

The study compared S. aureus characteristics from adult and pediatric patients from the 2009 AWARE Surveillance Program.Kevin Krause, BA, ...

A 2021 study looked at mortality rates in people 40 to 85 who had MRSA in their nose but no symptoms. They found that the 11-year mortality rate for these people was higher (35.9%) than those ...

In the ongoing battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, MSU researchers have made a discovery that could reshape how we target deadly pathogens like staph infections.

AZD7745 targets a conserved ClfA epitope, offering broad neutralization across diverse Staphylococcus aureus strains.

Probiotic for pathogen-specific Staphylococcus aureus decolonisation in Thailand: a phase 2, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet Microbe, 2023; DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247 ...

MRSA infections have become a major concern in hospitals, but few people are aware that animals and humans can infect each other. In the United States, one in three people carries a staph bacterium, ...