British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn ...

This guide includes an overview of practices for the prevention and management of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) by healthcare professionals practicing in public health or ...

[31] The corresponding rate in our population for 2009–2011 (when restricting the analysis to cellulitis ... rates of MRSA), it was not associated with an increased risk of MRSA infection ...

we modeled the empiric treatment of cellulitis in the outpatient setting, incorporating estimates of the growing risk of MRSA. The increasing proportion of community-acquired infections due to ...

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess ...

This indicator covers the incidence of healthcare associated infections from Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes ...