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What is MRSA?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a common type of "staph" bacteria that has become resistant to certain antibiotics.
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Drug Resistant Staph Infections
Life threatening infections are showing up more and more throughout the world. Current trends and ideas to combat this bacteria are discussed.
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Effects of MRSA on Elderly Patients in Hospitals
CDC reports steep rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitalized older population in the last 30 years. Prevention and treatment must be immediate and thorough.
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Essential Oils versus MRSA
MRSA and mutant strains have doctors worried about the latest drug-resistant superbugs. But unlike drugs, essential oils remain effective against viruses and bacteria.
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Facts About MRSA
The antibiotic resistant bacteria MRSA has been featured in the media the last few years. Learn about what this bacteria is, what it does, and how to prevent its spread.
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Methicillin Resistant Staph
Superbugs have become a topic of discussion in the media. MRSA is one of the most common talked about superbugs that is now spreading from the hospital to the community.
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MRSA and Other Types of Staph Found in Ocean
An increase in staph bacteria found at public beaches has led some to worry about the risks of swimming in the ocean. Recent studies raise concerns.
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MRSA Infection - Are Pets at Risk?
MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a serious and increasingly common bacterial infection. Pets can be infected with MRSA and can spread the disease.
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Preventing Infection in Labor and Childbirth
Hospital labor and delivery wards can be crawling with germs and drug-resistant viruses. Learn how to prevent the spread of germs and viruses to a new baby and mother.
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What is a MRSA Staphylococcal Infection?
There are good staph bacteria (Staphylococcus epidermidis), bad staph (Staphylococcus aureus), and really bad, pathogenic staph (MRSA). Here's a comparison.
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Measures to Reduce MRSA in Sports
Weight lifters and competitive sports teams, including basketball, fencing, football, rugby, soccer, volleyball and wrestling have an increased risk of MRSA infection.
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How Do Bacteria Become Resistant to Antibiotics?
Overuse of broad spectrum antibiotics have created superbugs such as Clostridium difficile (C. diff) and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA).
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Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus
MRSA is becoming a major health issue in the hospital and the community. What exactly is this infectious pathogen?
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Superbug MRSA - Deadly Staph
Almost 3 million Americans are currently carrying this strain.
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CA-MRSA: An Athlete's Life-Threatening Story
Baker may have received CA-MRSA through a turf burn IN his shoulder during a football game. After fighting for his life in an intensive-care unit, Baker walked away.
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Use of Tea Tree Oil Against MRSA
Tea tree oil and other essential oils may be effective against antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, including staph.
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Antibiotics Often Overprescribed
There was a time when penicillin seemed like the cure for everything, but now over use of antibiotics is producing super bugs.
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Fight Superbugs with Probiotics
Broad spectrum antibiotic use has created a superbug that causes serious intestinal damage and is resistant to treatment. Large doses of probiotics are the best defense.
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Is MRSA at the Meat Counter?
With recent scares of illness caused by eating improperly prepared foods, is it possible to become ill by just handling contaminated raw pork?
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Device Attacks Superbugs
Drug-resistant bacteria have plagued hospitals for years by sending patients into intensive care; now, a solution may be at hand.
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Facts About MRSA
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium often found in 20-30% of the noses of normal healthy people and is also commonly found on people's skin.
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How to Avoid Recurrent Boils
Learning how to avoid recurrent boils involves properly managing the carrier state of Staphylococcus aureus, the causative germ and taking care of personal hygiene.
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How To Eliminate Staph Infection
The recent staph infection problem in schools has been growing in hospitals for years. Improved hygiene techniques greatly reduces the chances of staph. What else?
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MRSA Facts
MRSA is an antibiotic-resistant bacterium that's spreading at epic proportions throughout schools, hospitals and the workplace. So, what is MRSA and how is it stopped?
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MRSA in Nursing Home Residents
Nursing home residents are at risk for MRSA, a resistant bacterial infection. Learn about MRSA risk factors & symptoms, see MRSA pictures, and learn preventive measures.
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MRSA Infection in Athletes
MRSA infections, first identified in the 1960s, are becoming increasingly common in athletes in the community.
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New Antibiotic Yields New Hope
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The Benefits of Green Tea
There is much current debate about flu vaccine side effects, but drinking green tea appears to be an easy way for individuals to avoid influenza this flu season.
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Can Boils be Treated at Home?
Only superficial boils should be treated at home. Deep boils with systemic signs need medical attention at the earliest.
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Football Equipment Cleaning and Maintenance
An important part of keeping a football player healthy is ensuring that their sports equipment is clean and properly maintained.
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How To Know When Antibiotics Just Won't Work
Even good doctors can be fooled sometimes and can let their compassion for severe patient symptoms influence them to write an unnecessary antibiotic prescription.
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Is It Safe to Swim in the Chesapeake Bay?
Know the facts and weigh the risks of swimming and fishing in the Maryland and Virginia Chesapeake Bay or eating raw oysters and other seafood.
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Tattoo Infections and Abnormal Skin Reactions
Tattooing, a form of micropigmentation, deposits color under the skin into a pattern or picture. Any time the protective barrier of the skin is broken there are risks.
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