High HDL cholesterol has been associated with a reduced risk for heart attack, but how it actually reduced the risk remained unclear. It turns out that some mechanisms that raise HDL do not seem to lower the risk of heart attack.
MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) is a type of staphylococcus bacteria (staph) that is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. MRSA is contagious and can cause life-threatening infection. MRSA isnât found in the natural environment (soil or water).
1 Most staph infections can be treated with oral antibiotics. 2  Even the more serious resistant strains can usually be treated in hospital with the strongest antibiotic vancomycin, assuming the infection is caught in time before it has spread through the blood and caused damaged to major organs. Most staph infections can be treated with oral antibiotics. 2  Even the more serious resistant strains can usually be treated in hospital with the strongest antibiotic vancomycin, assuming the infection is caught in time before it has spread through the blood and caused damaged to major organs.