News tagged with hospital acquired infections
How one strain of MRSA becomes resistant to last-line antibiotic
Researchers have uncovered what makes one particular strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) so proficient at picking up resistance genes, such as the one that makes it resistant to vancomycin, the last ...
May 22, 2012 |
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Researchers modify harmless bacteria to kill harmful bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Singapore have modified the DNA of one type of bacterium, Escherichia coli, to first sense the presence of another bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and then to explode, releasing a special kin ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Patient referrals cause differences in hospital infection rates
Patient referrals between hospitals influence the rates of hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA, according to a study by researchers based in the Netherlands. The findings, published March 19 in the open-access journal ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Soap-sniffing technology encourages hand washing to reduce hospital-acquired infections, save money
Call it a Breathalyzer for the hands. Using sensors capable of detecting drugs in breath, new technology developed at University of Florida monitors health-care workers' hand hygiene by detecting sanitizer or soap fumes given ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Gene technology to fight lethal hospital acquired infection
Scientists at The University of Nottingham are leading a major European study to unravel the genetic code of one of the most lethal strains of hospital acquired infections.
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Jan 19, 2009 |
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