Among hospitalized pneumonia patients, screening for MRSA colonization with a nasal swab-based rapid PCR test cut duration of ...

In the 2003-2004 flu season, the CDC noticed five fatal cases of Staphylococcus pneumonia and flu among previously healthy children and adults. It began asking states to report all flu deaths in ...

Pneumonia contracted outside a hospital caused by a staph bacterium, including a "superbug" strain, may be more common in U.S. children than previously thought, health officials said on Wednesday.

Staph stoppers Date: December 20, 2013 Source: University of Iowa Summary: Researchers have developed a new vaccine that protects against lethal pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus (staph ...

The staphylococcal infection involved the lower respiratory tract in 38 patients, 30 of whom had definite physical and roentgenographic evidence of pneumonia; in the other 8 an initial diagnosis ...

A nasty staph germ circulating in the community and some hospitals produces a poison that can kill pneumonia patients within 72 hours, researchers said Thursday. Staphylococcus aureus bacteria ...

Within a short time many cases of staphylococcal pneumonia appeared in the same area. As influenza disappeared, the epidemic strain spread throughout the hospital, causing mostly skin disease.

Former UFC fighter Ben Askren says he "died four times" before having a double lung transplant after being taken to hospital with severe pneumonia.

Staphylococcal pneumonia is associated with a huge influx of inflammatory cells into the lungs. A major trigger for this event is now revealed. Protein A, a bacterial surface protein, binds the ...