Since then, MRSA has caused outbreaks in Texas ... spread more rapidly when inmates shared belongings or "[lanced] their own boils or other inmates' boils." In December 2000, the CDC and ...

If a boil has been caused by MRSA, you must be very careful to prevent ... you may need to have the boil surgically lanced and drained. A doctor will make an incision in your boil to allow the ...

It's hard for the lay person to recognize whether or not a small pimple or boil is MRSA. The only way to be certain is to have it lanced and cultured. "It tends to cause problems in areas of the ...

Large boils and carbuncles will be treated by a doctor with the following: Antibiotics – to help heal severe or frequent infections. Lancing – an incision is made in the tip of the boil to ...

Daniel Fells, the 32-year-old Giants tight end, is fighting a serious MRSA type of staph infection that may lead to amputation, and will almost certainly end his career. Fells' trouble began with ...