Diagnostics company bioMerieux (PARIS:BIM) has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a test to detect and screen for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus, more ...

On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new test for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus detection manufactured by Cepheid. Cepheid’s Xpert MRSA NxG test delivers ...

bioMérieux, French manufacturer of diagnostic solutions, has received FDA 510(k) approval for NucliSENS EasyQ MRSA, an automated molecular test for MRSA, according to a company news release. The test ...

Scientists have identified a new strain of MRSA that occurs both in human and dairy cow populations and could go undetected under standard MRSA testing, according to a University of Cambridge news ...

Co announces it received clearance from the FDA to market its Xpert M.R.S.A test, which runs on the GeneXpert System, for the rapid detection of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. "Currently ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood culture test that can determine if Staphylococcus aureus bacteria infections are methicillin resistant (MRSA) or methicillin susceptible ...

July 3, 2010 — A test to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and S aureus (SA) has been recalled by the manufacturer based on an increasing number of complaints about false ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria is often found in the skin folds. Less commonly, this includes the buttocks. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a ...

CHICAGO — Testing all new hospital patients for a dangerous staph "superbug" could help wipe out a germ that likely kills more Americans than AIDS, consumer advocates say and early evidence suggests.

Threatened with financial penalties, U.S. hospitals are screening patients for drug-resistant germs and increasing the use of newer antibiotics. Medicare will stop paying for treatment of some ...

Sept. 30 -- MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test that can detect skin infections, including antibiotic-resistant infections such as the so ...