Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A negative MRSA nasal swab could help clinicians determine whether to withhold or discontinue MRSA treatment ...

A recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests the combination of a throat swab and nasal swab may boost MRSA surveillance, especially among younger patients. For this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A simpler one-swab-per nostril iodophor regimen produced identical reductions in MRSA carriage among nursing ...

MURRIETA, Calif., Dec. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent multicenter study by Dr. Carey-Ann D. Burnham et al adds another application to the growing number of uses and endorsements for COPAN's widely ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) nasal colonization is associated with longer hospital stays and an increase in surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal ...

ATLANTA — The use of a nasal swab alone is likely to miss about one-quarter of all multidrug-resistant organism colonizations, a study of residents in three nursing homes shows. "Comprehensive ...

A throat swab, in addition to a nasal swab, may boost surveillance of MRSA among younger patients, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Read the full ...

The need to swab the noses of pregnant women and newborns for the presence of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) may be unfounded, according to a Vanderbilt study now available online ...

Epidemiology and Infection, Vol. 138, No. 5, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MRSA WITH EMPHASIS ON VETERINARY AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS (MAY 2010), pp. 686-696 (11 pages) The aim of this study was to investigate the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new, faster diagnostic test based on bacterial viability and a novel technology to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ...

Think of it as decontaminating yourself. Hospitalized patients who harbor certain superbugs can cut their risk of developing full-blown infections if they swab medicated goo in their nose and use ...