News tagged with staph bacteria
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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Giant fire-bellied toad's brain brims with powerful germ-fighters
Frog and toad skins already are renowned as cornucopias of hundreds of germ-fighting substances. Now a new report in ACS's Journal of Proteome Research reveals that the toad brains also may contain an abundance of antiba ...
Apr 13, 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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Chemists document workings of key staph enzyme -- and how to block it
Researchers have determined the structure and mechanism of an enzyme that performs the crucial first step in the formation of cholesterol and a key virulence factor in staph bacteria.
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Metal jewelry more likely to cause infection with tongue piercing
A stud or ring in their tongue might be an essential fashion accessory for many young adults, but piercing comes at the cost of medical risks, including infection.
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Blood-sucking superbug prefers taste of humans
"Staph" bacteria feed on blood. They need the iron that's hidden away inside red blood cells to grow and cause infections. It turns out that these microbial vampires prefer the taste of human blood, Vanderbilt ...
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Researcher discovers new 'anti-pathogenic' drugs to treat MRSA
Menachem Shoham, PhD, associate professor and researcher in the department of biochemistry at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has identified new anti-pathogenic drugs that, without killing the bacteria, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 16, 2010 |
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MRSA policies differ among hospitals, study shows
Hospitals vary in how they detect and treat drug-resistant staph infections, but most follow national guideline recommendations, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Eaten Alive: 5-year battle with flesh-eating germ
(AP) -- Waking from a fog of anesthesia, Sandy Wilson found she was a patient in one of the hospitals where she worked as a nurse. She remembered having a baby, and being told she had gotten an infection. ...
Aug 09, 2010 |
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Newly engineered enzyme is a powerful staph antibiotic
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past decade, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has ushered in a new era in the fight between man and bug. By harnessing the power of nature’s own antibiotics, scientists have engineered ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Antibiotics might team up to fight deadly staph infections
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Israel's Weizman Institute of Science have found that two antibiotics working together might be more effective in fighting pathogenic bacteria than either drug on its ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Better antiseptic curbs post-surgery infections
(AP) -- Looks like doctors aren't the only ones who should scrub before surgery. Bathing patients with an antiseptic and squirting medicated ointment up their noses dramatically cut the rate of dangerous staph infections ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Rapid DNA Detection Quickly Diagnoses Infections
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new portable device can detect bacteria and help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. This new tool takes from 15 minutes to 2 hours to diagnose a patient for infectious diseases and ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Dangerous staph germs found at West Coast beaches
(AP) -- Dangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five public beaches along the coast of Washington, and scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 12, 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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