Last winter, a recently discovered bacterial variant became a major cause of severe pneumonia among people who caught the flu. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has long been a ...

The hospital is located in suburban Atlanta and has a normal patient population of 300 patients, almost all male. Patients are received from the entire Southeast as well as the nearby areas. There are ...

Health authorities have detected the emergence of a rare but deadly lung-destroying form of pneumonia, sparked by the combination of a skin infection and the common flu. The national Centers for ...

WHEN conventional forms of treatment have proved ineffective in an illness that is rapidly progressing toward death, a successful outcome with an unconventional form of treatment is most unusual. The ...

In a recent study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, a group of researchers examined how heparan sulfate (HS)shedding impacts cathelicidin efficacy ...

Objective: To discuss current and potential treatment options for nosocomial pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Data Sources: A MEDLINE search (1966-January 2007) was ...

Former UFC fighter and Bellator champion Ben Askren is in critical condition after contracting pneumonia. After several reports that Askren was facing a significant health scare due to a staph ...

Northwestern University scientists have potentially uncovered a previously unknown, hidden player in pneumonia. In a new study, scientists found the lungs' own microbial community, or microbiome, ...