Jan. 20, 2006 — -- Considered a "silent epidemic" by some public health experts, antibiotic-resistant staph infections are a growing threat to public health. Almost 1 percent of the U.S.

The KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test can determine whether bacteria are MRSA or MSSA within approximately five hours after any bacteria growth is first detected in the sample. In a clinical study ...

MSSA and MRSA are Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteria with different resistance patterns. MRSA is resistant to many antibiotics and is more difficult to treat. Both types of bacteria can cause ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are seen in a colorized image from a scanning electron microscope. The species is one of the three deadliest bacteria on Earth. Credit: ...

The new drug, Dalvance, is part of the FDA's Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now program, which aims at stopping antibiotic resistant bacteria like MRSA. It also qualified for the Fast Track review ...

The FDA has approved the first rapid blood test for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It is the two-hour BD GeneOhm StaphSR Assay, which identified 100% of the MRSA-positive ...

Imagine two people talking over a walkie-talkie set. Successful communication depends on them being tuned to the same frequency. If others try to communicate nearby, interference can occur, and ...

Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham.View full profile Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. Hedgehogs may be adorable, but a new ...

Scientists chart how a battle between fungus and bacteria living on the skin of hedgehogs led to the emergence of a strain of MRSA that can infect cows and humans. By Andrew Jacobs The tiny, spiny and ...

24 April 2020, Bavaria, Bad Griesbach: A hedgehog walks through a garden after his hibernation. Photo: Armin Weigel/dpa (Photo by Armin Weigel/picture alliance via Getty Images) One type of ...

Artificial intelligence has invented two new potential antibiotics that could kill drug-resistant gonorrhoea and MRSA, researchers have revealed. The drugs were designed atom-by-atom by the AI and ...

MRSE and MRSA are bacterial infections caused by the Staphylococcus genus. These infections are resistant to several types of antibiotics, making them more difficult to treat. They can cause serious ...