New research shows that an antibiotic effective for bacterial pneumonia also appears to fight treatment-resistant staph infections. The drug is ceftobiprole. It appeared successful in fighting ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Boils on your inner thigh usually stem from a staph infection in a hair ...

As part of the study, researchers tested and genetically analyzed 73 different hospital-acquired and community-acquired strains of the MRSA microbe. They then treated the various MRSA bugs in test ...

CHICAGO - Aggressive, drug-resistant staph infections caught in hospitals or from medical treatment are becoming scarcer, another sign of progress in a prevention effort that has become a national ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria is often found in the skin folds. Less commonly, this includes the buttocks. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There are plenty of infections that you get on a regular basis, such as a cold or a stomach bug, and ...

Lincoln, Neb. — Researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are working to halt resistance to an antibiotic used to treat serious staph infections in humans. Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium ...