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 ...

Recurring boils may point to MRSA infection or an increase in other ... making a small cut at the top of the boil. This is known as lancing. Your doctor will extract pus with sterile tools.

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 ...

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 ...

aureus). Rapidly growing, severe, or recurrent boils may be due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). This form of bacteria is immune to most types of antibiotics, so it remains on the skin ...