News tagged with staphylococcus aureus bacteria


Handwashing more important than isolation in controlling MRSA superbug infection

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Regular handwashing by hospital staff and visitors did more to prevent the spread of the MRSA superbug than isolating infected patients.





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Animals now picking up bugs from people, study shows

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Globalisation and industrialisation are causing diseases to spread from humans to animals, a study has shown.


Scientists uncover how superbug Staph aureus resists our natural defenses

Scientists uncover how superbug Staph aureus resists our natural defenses

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created Mar 24, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (30) | comments 4

Researchers at the University of Washington have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staph aureus) “superbug” strains, resists our body's ...


MRSA pre-screening effective in reducing otolaryngic surgical infection rates

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created Jan 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pre-operative screening of patients for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may be an effective way to reduce infection rates following otolaryngic surgeries, according to new research published in the January ...


MRSA head and neck infections increase among children

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created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rates of antibiotic-resistant head and neck infections increased in pediatric patients nationwide between 2001 and 2006, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of ...


Bacteria co-infections common in swine flu deaths: CDC

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many people who have died from swine flu in the United States were also infected with other bacteria, including one which can cause pneumonia or meningitis, US health officials said Wednesday.


New step forward in search for solution to infection puzzle

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created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at the University of York have helped to reveal more about the way bacteria can attach to human tissues. The study could help in the development of new treatments for serious heart conditions such as infective ...


'Surprising link' leads toward a new antibiotic

'Surprising link' leads toward a new antibiotic

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the best drugs become increasingly resistant to superbugs, McMaster University researchers have discovered a completely different way of looking for a new antibiotic.


Keyboards and mice can harbor hospital infections

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although hospital computer equipment can act as a reservoir for pathogenic organisms, including MRSA, researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases found that bacterial contamination rates from c ...


Virus Enzymes Could Promote Human, Animal Health

Virus Enzymes Could Promote Human, Animal Health

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Could viruses be good for you? Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have shown that enzymes from bacteria-infecting viruses known as phages could have beneficial applications ...


Ceftobiprole Effective Against VRSA

New antibiotic beats superbugs at their own game

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 1

The problem with antibiotics is that, eventually, bacteria outsmart them and become resistant. But by targeting the gene that confers such resistance, a new drug may be able to finally outwit them. Rockefeller ...



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