Whooping cough (Pertussis), is a highly contagious disease caused by the bacterium “Bordetella”, most often B. Pertussis. There are 30–50 million cases per year, and about 300,000 deaths per year. Virtually all deaths occur in children under one year of age. Ninety percent of all cases occur in developing countries. The disease is spread by […]

MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (often misspelled as and searched as ” MSRA Symptoms “), is a bacterium that has developed antibiotic resistance, first to penicillin in 1947, and later to methicillin and related “anti-staph drugs”. Popularly termed a “superbug”, it was first discovered in Britain in 1961 and is now widespread. While an MRSA […]

Staphylococcus aureus (which is occasionally given the nickname golden staph) is a bacterium, frequently living on the skin or in the nose of a healthy person, that can cause illnesses ranging from minor skin infections (such as pimples, boils, and cellulitis) and abscesses, to life-threatening diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis, endocarditis and septicemia. Each year […]