Staphylococcus Aureus
Girl presents with ear pain after swimming in brackish water
A 12-year-old girl presents to the guest columnist’s office with a red, painful right auricle. The onset was yesterday, and it is worse today.
Staphylococcal enterotoxin sensitization linked to inflammation in pediatric asthma
Sensitization to Staphylococcal enterotoxin was correlated with type 2-high inflammation among children with moderate to severe asthma, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.
Targeting IL-13 with tralokinumab may improve microbial dysbiosis in atopic dermatitis
Tralokinumab, a high-affinity monoclonal antibody that specifically neutralizes interleukin-13, improved microbial diversity and reduced Staphylococcus aureus among patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, according to a study.
VIDEO: ARMOR study shows MRSA resistance still significant
DENVER — The incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has gone down slightly but is still significant at 37%, Penny A. Asbell, MD, MBA, FARVO, said at the ARVO meeting.
Boy presents with sore ear, swelling
A 4-year-old boy comes to your office with a sore right ear. The problem was first noted about 3 days ago with the onset of some minor discomfort.
Speaker: Surgeons should be mindful of contaminated gloves during infected, revision TJA
Surgical gloves are a common source of contamination in revision total joint arthroplasty cases; therefore, surgeons should consider intraoperative glove changes and thorough irrigation, according to a speaker.
People who use drugs have double the rate of readmission for S. aureus
People who use drugs experienced double the rate of hospital readmission and lower rates of antibiotic completion for invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections than their non-drug-using peers, according to a study.
Contact precautions reduce MRSA transmission by almost 50% in VA hospitals
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.
Researchers find target for monoclonal antibodies in S. aureus
Shorter antibiotic course does not increase mortality in patients with MSSA bacteremia
Patients with low-risk methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia who received short or prolonged antibiotic courses experienced similar mortality rates and clinical outcomes, according to a study.