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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Research on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Discussed by Scientists at Ninewells Hospital

Published in Drug Week, February 11th, 2011

2011 FEB 11 -- "(1) To identify newly diagnosed cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ear infection in our local population; (2) to determine the risk factors involved in these patients' clinical courses, and (3) to type the bacterial strains isolated and thus identify whether they were hospital-or community-acquired. Retrospective review of case notes, together with laboratory-based molecular studies in the departments of otolaryngology and medical microbiology in a university teaching hospital in Scotland, UK," researchers in Scotland report.

"Over a two-year period, 35 patients were identified with ear swabs positive for...

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