News tagged with antibiotic resistant staph
Virulent skin germ grates on Maine lobstering isle
(AP) -- A strain of a drug-resistant skin disease that has afflicted sports teams, prisons and military units is now proving a persistent pest among lobstermen and their families on a Maine island.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Antibiotic Use Boosts Risk of Infection with Clostridium Bacteria
Antibiotic-resistant Staph infection is not the only emerging bacterial threat. Now a different bug — Clostridium difficile - is gaining strength.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 02, 2010 |
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Solution to killer superbug found in Norway
(AP) -- Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The floors are streaked and scratched. A light layer of dust coats the blood pressure monitors. A faint stench of urine and bleach wafts from a pile of soiled bedsheets ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 31, 2009 |
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Genes key to staph disease severity, drug resistance found hitchhiking together
Scientists studying Staphylococcus bacteria, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), have discovered a potent staph toxin responsible for disease severity. They also found the gene for the toxin traveling with a geneti ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 31, 2009 |
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FDA wants limits on antibiotics given to animals
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics given to farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, ...
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Genetic difference in staph offers clues as to why some patients get infections from cardiac implants
New research suggests that some patients develop a potentially deadly blood infection from their implanted cardiac devices because bacterial cells in their bodies have gene mutations that allow them to stick ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Study claims no link between real world use of antibacterial soaps and antibiotic resistance
Newly published research says it reaffirms that the use of antibacterial wash products in the home environment does not contribute to antibiotic or antibacterial resistance, confirming previous research that showcased similar ...
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Engineer to launch bacteria into space aboard the final mission of space shuttle Atlantis
There will be some very interesting passengers on the final mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis scheduled to launch July 8, 2011: thousands of bacteria.
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Researchers put potent staph killer to the test, hope for new drug treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Standard antibiotics, and even those reserved for the most defiant infections, are fighting an uphill battle against the evolutionary ingenuity of bacterial defenses. Staphylococci, and especially methicillin-resistant ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Is your child's hobby making him sick?
Research has shown that playing a musical instrument can help nourish, cultivate, and increase intelligence in children, but playing a used instrument also can pose a potentially dangerous health risk.
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Chemical compounds in trees can fight deadly staph infections in humans
Most people would never suspect that a "trash tree," one with little economic value and often removed by farmers due to its ability to destroy farmland, could be the key to fighting a deadly bacterium. Now, ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Nanoparticles increase survival after blood loss
In an advance that could improve battlefield and trauma care, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have used tiny particles called nanoparticles to improve survival after life-threatening ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Careful cleaning of children's skin wounds key to healing, regardless of antibiotic choice
When it comes to curing skin infected with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), timely and proper wound cleaning and draining may be more important than the choice of ant ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Researchers unzip MRSA and discover route for vaccine
University of Rochester Medical Center orthopaedic scientists are a step closer to developing a vaccine to prevent life-threatening methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections following bone and joint surgery.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 16, 2011 |
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