Drug-resistant Staph

Drug-resistant Staph

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is resistant to treatments with common antibiotics. It is associated with skin infections, blood infections, pneumonia, and other illnesses.

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Cases of antibiotic-resistant staph infections usually acquired in the community are growing in the United States and rapidly spreading to hospitals, researchers said Tuesday. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which can penetrate wounds and cause lethal bloodstream and lung infections, kills about 20,000 each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That is more deaths than the over 14,000 people who died from AIDS in the US in 2007. Although the superbug has usually spread in hospitals, "the findings from this study suggest that there is a significant reservoir in the community as well," said lead author ... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cases of a drug-resistant bacterial infection known as MRSA have risen by 90 percent since 1999, and they are increasingly being acquired outside hospitals, researchers reported on Tuesday. They found two new strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- MRSA for short -- were circulating in patients and they are different from the strains normally seen in hospitals. Ramanan Laxminarayan of Princeton University in New Jersey and colleagues studied data on lab tests from a national network of 300 microbiology laboratories in the United States for their study. "We found during 1999-2006 that the percentage of S. aureus infections resistant to methicillin ... Read Full Story
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The community-acquired strain of the deadly Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pathogen is presenting larger health issues than first believed, reports Science Daily. MRSA is a bacteria that can cause serious infection and is resistant to most antibiotics, noted Science Daily, citing a recent study in next month’s issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. MRSA now has [...] Share this! Read Full Story
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Cases of community-acquired MRSA infection, the potentially deadly superbug that is resistant to most antibiotics, are increasing and spreading rapidly into hospitals as well, researchers reported today. MRSA — methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - - can attack wounds and trigger lethal bloodstream infections. Infections cause about 20,000 deaths each year in the United States. MRSA has traditionally spread in hospitals, which is called hospital-acquired MRSA. "But the findings from this study suggest that there is a significant reservoir in the community as well," the lead author of the study, Eili Klein, said in a news release. Community-acquired strains can be picked up in almost any public place, such ... Read Full Story
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Novartis AG said Thursday it has bought worldwide rights to a new antibiotic drug developed by U.S. company Paratek Pharmaceuticals to treat drug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA. The germ MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a hard-to-treat bug once rarely seen outside of hospitals that increasingly is spreading in ordinary community settings such as schools, locker rooms and gyms. Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, said it would make an upfront payment to Boston-based Paratek and share the costs of further developing the drug, PTK 0796, which is currently undergoing Phase III studies. Novartis also will make milestone payments as it advances in its development ... Read Full Story
The news has been filled this week with the disturbing news of a sharp increase in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) driving the rise of resistance within hosp read more  
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The community-acquired strain of the deadly Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pathogen is presenting larger health issues than first believed, reports Science Daily. MRSA is a bacteria that can cause serious infection and is resistant to most antibiotics, noted Science Daily, citing a recent study in next month’s issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. MRSA now has [...]  
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MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and unfailing bactericidal cocktails. Two prototype devices have been developed: one for efficient disinfection of healthy skin (e.g.  
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Bio-Clean, Inc. (OTCBB: BOCL) ("Bio-Clean" or the "Company") announced that testing of its Clean Kill Non-Alcohol based hand sanitizer has proved that it can be an effective weapon against the epidemic spread of MRSA and Staph. MRSA infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria - often called "staph." MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.  
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Cool Tools: Overland Journal (tags: magazine offroad) Kimberly-Clark : MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus This microsite has been created by Kimberly-Clark as an information resource for medical professionals and patients on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). MRSA is a member of the extremely common staph family of infections. In 2005, this “super bug”  
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Cases of antibiotic-resistant staph infections usually acquired in the community are growing in the United States and rapidly spreading to hospitals, researchers said Tuesday.Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which can penetrate wounds and cause lethal bloodstream and lung infections, kills about 20,000 each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).That is more deaths than...  
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Background: Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistant (MRSA) has been frequently isolated from endotracheal and lung puncture aspirates in malnourished children with pneumonia. In this work we evaluated the susceptibility of undernourished BALB/c mice and its ability to mount a protective immunity against MRSA with emphasis on the lung involvement. Results: BALB/c mice submitted to a 20% dietary restriction during 20 days presented a...  
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