News tagged with superbugs
Do our medicines boost pathogens?
Scientists of the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITG) discovered a parasite that not only had developed resistance against a common medicine, but at the same time had become better in withstanding the human ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Elevated natural soil metals linked to antibiotic resistance
(Medical Xpress) -- Soils naturally-rich in heavy metals are contributing to the growing global problem of antibiotic resistance, new research has shown.
Nov 23, 2011 |
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The best wastewater treatment plants can't filter out superbug fragments
Even a very good wastewater treatment plant can't clean up fragments of superbugs -- bacteria that have developed a resistance to antibiotics -- and until now, almost no one has noticed.
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Careless disposal of antibiotics can create aquatic superbugs
A wastewater treatment plant can provide the perfect mating ground for carelessly disposed of antibiotics to form superbugs that are eventually discharged into streams and lakes, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Oct 27, 2011 |
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S.African hospital reports 'superbug' outbreak
A South African outbreak of a multi-drug resistant "superbug" has been contained after it infected nine patients of whom three were still in quarantine, a hospital group said Monday.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Hospital superbug debugged
An international team of scientists led by Monash University researchers has uncovered how a common hospital bacterium becomes a deadly superbug that kills increasing numbers of hospital patients worldwide and accounts for ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Decoding the proteins behind drug-resistant superbugs
Penicillin and its descendants once ruled supreme over bacteria. Then the bugs got stronger, and hospitals have reported bacterial infections so virulent that even powerful antibiotics held in reserve for ...
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Sep 16, 2011 |
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Ophthalmic antibiotics associated with antimicrobial resistance after intraocular injection therapy
Repeated exposure of the eye to ophthalmic antibiotics appears to be associated with the emergence of resistant strains of microbes among patients undergoing intraocular injection therapy for neovascular retinal disease, ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Researchers work to develop screening method for superbug
A team of researchers from the University of Houston (UH) and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) are working to develop improved screening methods to detect a potentially lethal, drug-resistant superbug ...
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Genomic analysis of superbug provides clues to antibiotic resistance
An analysis of the genome of a superbug has yielded crucial, novel information that could aid efforts to counteract the bacterium's resistance to an antibiotic of last resort. The results of the research led by scientists ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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GMO corn falls prey to bugs it was supposed to thwart
A voracious pest which has long plagued corn farmers is devouring a widely-used variety that was genetically modified to thwart the rootworms, raising fears of a new superbug.
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Eradicating dangerous bacteria may cause permanent harm
In the zeal to eliminate dangerous bacteria, it is possible that we are also permanently killing off beneficial bacteria as well, posits Martin Blaser, MD, Frederick H. King Professor of Medicine, professor of Microbiology ...
Aug 24, 2011 |
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A major step forward in fighting superbugs
New research has identified a novel mechanism by which humans can defend themselves against the well known hospital superbug, Clostridium difficile. The study provides us with critical information for ...
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Threat to United States from new European E. coli strain unclear
(Medical Xpress) -- Over the centuries, many unexpected things have come to the United States from Germany and caught on -- lager beer, sauerkraut, bratwurst and the Volkswagen Beetle are a few that come to mind -- but don't ...
Jun 14, 2011 |
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WHO to help India probe 'superbug': report
The World Health Organisation will help India study whether a multi-drug resistant "superbug" allegedly found in New Delhi's water poses a health risk, a report Thursday said.
Apr 14, 2011 |
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