MRSA

A simpler one-swab-per nostril iodophor regimen produced identical reductions in MRSA carriage among nursing home residents as a two-swab regimen, according to study findings published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

The FDA approved the AbbVie’s Dalvance (dalbavancin) for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections in pediatric patients from birth, according to a press release.

Community-associated MRSA colonization was linked to a significantly increased mortality risk in middle-aged and older adults, survey data show.

Stopping contact precautions for MRSA and vancomycin-resistant enterococci did not lead to a major increase in either infection at five Texas hospitals, researchers reported at the SHEA Spring Conference.

Researchers estimated that contact precautions were associated with a nearly 50% reduction in the MRSA transmission rate among adult patients in more than 100 Veterans Affairs hospitals, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

An 8-month-old boy is brought to your clinic with a diaper rash. He had been seen a few days earlier in an urgent care clinic, where it was thought to be an infection with MRSA and treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, or TMP-SMX.

An evaluation of more than 100 Veterans Affairs hospitals showed that hospitals with a higher prevalence of MRSA prescribed more anti-MRSA antibiotics, even after adjusting for stewardship strategies, researchers reported.

A negative MRSA nasal swab could help clinicians determine whether to withhold or discontinue MRSA treatment while wound or tissue culture results are pending, according to results from a single-center study.

According to a recent study, almost 90% of patients who recovered from COVID-19 reported at least one persistent symptom.

An international, biospecimen registry on Staphylococcus aureus in fixation or arthroplasty showed higher rates of MRSA in North American patients and poorer subjective outcomes among those with MRSA vs. methicillin-sensitive S. aureus.