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

Staphylococcal pneumonia can be a serious condition stemming from a staph infection, though very few details of Askren's diagnoses or status are known beyond the posts by his wife and Sonnen.

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.

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 ...

Ben Askren, unable to walk, shares a defiant recovery video after a double lung transplant, revealing scars and a 147-pound ...

He developed severe pneumonia which came on very suddenly. He’s currently in the hospital and unable to respond to anything at this time,” Amy Askren wrote.

Pneumonia, particularly caused by MRSA, is a leading cause of infectious mortality. The mechanisms leading to Staphylococcal pneumonia are not fully understood.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia incidence has decreased among patients at U.S. hospitals, accompanied by improvements in mortality rates, according to a study published in ...