News tagged with strep bacteria
CDC: Doctors prescribing fewer antibiotics to kids
(AP) -- The push to get pediatricians to stop prescribing antibiotics for the wrong illnesses is paying off a bit, a new government report found.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 01, 2011 |
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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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Childhood disorder bolsters research on infection link
Brody Kennedy was a typical sixth-grader who loved to hang out with friends in Castaic, Calif., and play video games. A strep-throat infection in October caused him to miss a couple of days of school, but he was eager to ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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War on hospital infections drags on
At a time when most new moms are bonding with their babies, Cheri Stout-Robinson was hospitalized for treatment of flesh-eating bacteria.
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Strep infections responsible for groper deaths
Researchers are in a race against time to save Queensland's protected groper fish, which are washing up dead along the beaches of Northern Queensland in increasing numbers.
Jul 20, 2011 |
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New technology makes textiles permanently germ-free; targets health care-associated infections
A University of Georgia researcher has invented a new technology that can inexpensively render medical linens and clothing, face masks, paper towels -- and yes, even diapers, intimate apparel and athletic wear, including ...
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Mutated scarlet fever fuels Hong Kong outbreak
(AP) -- Ultramodern Hong Kong is tussling with a centuries-old bug long forgotten in many developed countries - an outbreak of drug-resistant scarlet fever that has killed the first children there in a decade. ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Acute heart drugs should be reconsidered for Maori and Pacific Islanders
Researchers at the University of Otago, New Zealand, say standard medication used for acute heart disease should be reconsidered for some Maori and Pacific Island patients because of drug resistance caused by high rates of ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 23, 2011 |
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Sugar boosters could lead to cheap, effective treatments for chronic bacterial infections
James Collins, a pioneering researcher in the new field of systems biology and a MacArthur Genius, says: "You know the old saying: 'a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down?' This is more like 'a spoonful of sugar makes ...
May 11, 2011 |
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Trend reversal: Big drop in kids' ear infections
(AP) -- Ear infections, a scourge that has left countless tots screaming through the night, have fallen dramatically, and some researchers suggest a decline in smoking by parents might be part of the reason.
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Turning bacteria against themselves
Bacteria often attack with toxins designed to hijack or even kill host cells. To avoid self-destruction, bacteria have ways of protecting themselves from their own toxins.
Feb 08, 2011 |
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New research traces evolutionary path of multidrug-resistant strep bacteria
Despite penicillin and the dozens of antibiotics that followed it, streptococcus bacteria have remained a major threat to health throughout the world. The reason: the superb evolutionary skills of this pathogen to rapidly ...
Jan 28, 2011 |
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