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Osceola couple accused of letting child’s MRSA infection go untreated for a year

An Osceola couple is facing felony charges after investigators say they failed to get medical treatment for a child suffering ...

'Could not sit down': Parents ignored son's MRSA infection for over a year as sores grew to the size of a baseball, police say

Robinson and Morgan both allegedly knew that their son had sores on his body for more than a year, but never took the boy to ...
The Mirror US on MSN

Evil Missouri parents ignore son's staph infection until sores grew to the size of a baseball

Detectives from the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office received a tip on a potential case of physical or sexual abuse of a ...
Medscape

MRSA Infection in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013;11(5):499-509. Limiting unnecessary, empiric, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy is universally thought to be an effective tool for reducing HAIs and limiting ...
KTBS

Athletes: MRSA prevention and control

MRSA is a type of bacteria that can be resistant to several antibiotics. MRSA might spread more easily in athletic settings. Preventing MRSA infections is crucial to athletes' health and safety. Skin ...
Medscape

Universal PCR Screening for MRSA May Cut Costs, Reduce Infection

September 13, 2009 (San Francisco, California) — Universal screening using rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas (MRSA) in hospitals appears to ...
WTVD

Lawrence Tynes says MRSA infection ended NFL career

TAMPA, Fla. -- Former Buccaneers kicker Lawrence Tynes has sued the team, claiming that unsanitary conditions at the team's facility led to him contracting MRSA. Tynes claims the infection led to the ...
abc7NY

MRSA infection found in New York firefighters

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Nine probationary New York City Fire Department firefighters are on light duty and being treated for possible MRSA infection, the department confirms. They are members of a current ...
ABC News

NY Giants' Daniel Fells' MRSA Battle Highlights Infection Risk in Contact Sports

Daniel Fells has a MRSA infection that doctors fear could lead to amputation. — -- A dire infection that has left an NFL player facing possible amputation has highlighted the dangers professional ...
Healthline

Is There a Connection Between MRSA and Endocarditis?

Endocarditis can be a life threatening complication of MRSA in which the infection causes inflammation in the lining of the heart, and its valves and chambers. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...
Becker's Hospital Review

5 Factors That Increase Risk of MRSA Infection Among Emergency Patients

Researchers have determined five factors that may help predict the risk of MRSA colonization among emergency department patients, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection ...
MLive

District disinfects buildings to prevent MRSA virus

Coopersville Area Public Schools Superintendent Kevin O'Neill said it was just a precaution last week but all four of the district's buildings were scrubbed from top to bottom for ...