Background: The rise in community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections potentially complicates the empiric management of cellulitis. The threshold at which drugs ...

A mom has said her 11-day-old daughter died from an infection at an 'absolutely putrid' hospital at an inquiry into the ...

Cellulitis is a skin infection that can occur when bacteria enter an open bug bite. Early treatment is crucial. Learn how to ...

In Britain, it is estimated that MRSA and other infections such as clostridium difficile kill up to 5,000 patients every year, despite a Government drive to clean up hospitals. Other estimates ...

there is a good chance that the staph infection you picked up from that contaminated doorknob is already antibiotic resistant. Most staph infections in humans are caused by methicillin-resistant ...

The study, conducted by researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that six bacterial ...

We used decision analysis to model 3 empiric therapies for the treatment of patients seen initially in an outpatient setting. The model was based on a population of patients with cellulitis who ...