WHEN the results of a gram stain or culture of material in a serious case of staphylococcal infection become known, and before the susceptibility of the organism has been determined, the physician is ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) is a drug-resistant form of staph bacteria. MRSE infections may be difficult to treat due to their resistance to methicillin and other common ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains a formidable challenge in both hospital and community settings due to its capacity for rapid acquisition of resistance determinants and for ...

Nephropathy due to penicillin or methicillin was observed in seven patients. Maximum dosage ranged from 20 to 24 gm per day for methicillin and from 20,000,000 to 60,000,000 units for penicillin.

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 ...

The MRSA bacterium that plagues many hospitals had evolved resistance to the antibiotic methicillin before the drug was even discovered. Matthew Holden at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and ...

Humans are excellent at many things — including creating our own most prominent problems. One of these is the evolution of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, aka MRSA. This ...

Editor’s Note: This page has been retired and is no longer being updated. Here is some background information about MRSA. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are resistant to ...