Good news as MRSA infection cases fall The number of MRSA cases has dropped by a third compared with the same period last year, official figures from the Health Protection Agency have shown...

Everyone has heard of MRSA but what exactly is it MRSA (sometimes referred to as a 'superbug') stands for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and is a bacterium from the staphylococcus aureus family...

MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is often associated with hospitals In recent years, increasing numbers of cases of MRSA infection in hospitals across the US and indeed the world have caught the headlines...

Are all bacteria bad While germs can result in diseases, some bacteria are "friendly...

Blunders are a part of life We have heard the expression "To err is human...

Undergoing surgery can be stressful enough However, the aftermath can become even more disturbing, if various bacteria, such as MRSA, infect you...

Knowledge can replace concern The more we know about how things work, the less worried we are about how they can affect us...

Did you know that "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" is the longest English word It is an alleged lung disease...

Are we winning the war against the superbug After Louis Pasteur proved that a link between bacteria and the transmission of diseases existed, the medical world was never the same...

Manchester University and The Christie Hospital NHS Trust have been researching alternative techniques in the fight against MRSA...

MRSA is an horrendous infection and is made worse by the fact that it is most commonly picked up in hospitals; an environment that is supposed to prevent those who are ill suffering from further infection...

Most people have heard of a Staph infection A Staph infection is when the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus is on the body and there is an opening of sorts that allow the bacteria to get in...

Our medical expertise is quite extraordinary these days with access to phenomenal hi-tech wizardry that can look inside our bodies, microsurgery that can save limbs and increasingly effective drugs, and yet the biggest battle we have is against the so called 'super bugs' such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile, commonly know as C Difficile...

MRSA most commonly develops in hospitals when patients have an open wound such as a bedsore or a tube such as a catheter...

MRSA or Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus has become the major source of terror among hospital patients in the last couple of years...

Whenever the debate over NHS funding and efficiency is raised the controversy surrounding hospital cleanliness and the reported explosion in bugs and hospital contracted infections is rarely far behind...

MRSA stands for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus It is also better known and referred to as the ‘superbug...

This is the second part of a guide to avoiding the MRSA superbug MRSA is an infection that is more dangerous than similar illnesses because it is resistant to normal treatment...

This is the third part of a guide to avoiding the MRSA superbug MRSA is an infection that is more dangerous than similar illnesses because it is resistant to normal treatment...

MRSA, or the Superbug as it is now gleefully reported, is the latest and most fashionable way to die...

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is quickly developing into a widespread threat to athletes in all sports as well as the general population...