A study published by JAMA Aug. 13 found that a two-dose antibiotic treatment could be just as effective as traditional ...

A new way to battle bloodborne staph infections could help save lives while combating the rise of antibiotic-resistant ...

USF Health and Tampa General Hospital collaborate on more efficient treatment of deadly infections Dr. Kami Kim is the ...

A randomized clinical trial set up to assess if dalbavancin is superior to standard treatment for Staphylococcus aureus ...

More information: Andreacarola Urso et al, Staphylococcus aureus adapts to exploit collagen-derived proline during chronic infection, Nature Microbiology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01769-9 ...

Among 200 patients, the probability of a more desirable day-70 outcome with two doses of intravenous dalbavancin versus 4 to 8 total weeks of standard therapy with an intravenous antibiotic was 47.7% ...

Staph aureus has already colonized about one-third of the world's population, so traditional antibiotics will probably not be the complete answer to the MRSA problem," said Dr. Ferric Fang, a ...

Having staph aureus in your nose -- which is the case for about 30 percent of people -- is not necessarily a problem in and of itself, but is a risk factor for getting other infections such as ...