News tagged with staph infections
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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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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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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Cranberry juice shows promise blocking Staph infections
Expanding their scope of study on the mechanisms of bacterial infection, researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have reported the surprise finding from a small clinical study that cranberry juice ...
Sep 01, 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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Study: Lesser-known bug a bigger hospital threat
(AP) -- As one superbug seems to be fading as a threat in hospitals, another is on the rise, a new study suggests.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 20, 2010 |
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Serendipity contributes to MRSA susceptibility findings
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found two genes in mice which might help identify why some people are more susceptible than others to potentially deadly staph infections.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Superbug genetics key to fight staph infections: experts
Infectious disease experts need to decode the genetic skeleton of multi-drug resistant bacteria MRSA to unlock the secrets of the superbug that is behind a growing wave of staph infections.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Dramatic surge seen in kids hospitalized with MRSA
(AP) -- The number of children hospitalized with dangerous drug-resistant staph infections surged 10-fold in recent years, a study found.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 17, 2010 |
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New technology shows promise against resistant staph infections
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have combined their revolutionary new drug-delivery system with a powerful antimicrobial agent to treat potentially deadly drug-resistant staph infections ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Taiwan scientists unveil new weapon in swine flu fight
Taiwanese scientists said Tuesday they had developed an organic compound which could help control the global swine flu epidemic as the worldwide death toll from the disease passed 700.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 21, 2009 |
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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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Studies pinpoint key targets for MRSA vaccine
Two recent studies provide evidence for a new approach to vaccines to prevent infections caused by drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- better known as MRSA - the leading cause of skin and soft tissue, bloodstream and lu ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 16, 2010 |
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