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New Data Presented Confirms The Efficacy And Value Of Rapid MRSA Detection Test, UK

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
The recently launched culture based rapid MRSA test demonstrates continued efficiency and reliability in the fight against Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (commonly referred to as MRSA), according to a UK study presented at the Infectious Diseases Society of America 45th annual meeti ...

read more The recently launched culture based rapid MRSA test demonstrates continued efficiency and reliability in the fight against Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (commonly referred to as MRSA), according to a UK study presented at the Infectious Diseases Society of America 45th annual meeti read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Strategies To Address Antimicrobial Resistance

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
With extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, life-threatening drug-resistant respiratory and skin infections, and other "bad bugs" routinely making headlines, infectious diseases physicians are applauding Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) and Rep. Michael Ferguson (R-NJ) for introducing ...

read more With extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, life-threatening drug-resistant respiratory and skin infections, and other read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Hope For Treatment-Resistant AIDS Patients Offered By New Class Of Drug

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
For the estimated millions of AIDS patients worldwide who are resistant or are developing resistance to currently available medicines, a discovery by a University of Georgia researcher may offer a new treatment option by targeting a previously elusive enzyme in the complex retrovirus responsible for ...

read more For the estimated millions of AIDS patients worldwide who are resistant or are developing resistance to currently available medicines, a discovery by a University of Georgia researcher may offer a new treatment option by targeting a previously elusive enzyme in the complex retrovirus responsible for read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

HIV Entry Into Cells Inhibited By Potent Peptides

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
Based in part on protein structures determined at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists at the University of Utah have developed new peptides that appear to be significantly more effective at blocking HIV's entry in ...

read more Based in part on protein structures determined at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists at the University of Utah have developed new peptides that appear to be significantly more effective at blocking HIV's entry in read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Study Of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Among Primary Care Physicians

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
The reasons why physicians prescribe antibiotics inappropriately are not fully understood. Inappropriate antibiotic use is an important problem worldwide. Both the use of antibiotics for the treatment of viral respiratory infections and the overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat bacteria ...

read more The reasons why physicians prescribe antibiotics inappropriately are not fully understood. Inappropriate antibiotic use is an important problem worldwide. Both the use of antibiotics for the treatment of viral respiratory infections and the overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat bacteria read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

94,000 People Develop Invasive, Drug-Resistant Staph Infections Annually, Study Finds

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
An estimated 94,000 U.S. residents developed invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in 2005, and 19,000 died from such infections, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Chicago Tribune reports. For the study, ...

read more An estimated 94,000 U.S. residents developed invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in 2005, and 19,000 died from such infections, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Chicago Tribune reports. For the study, read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

APhA Calls For Appropriate Use Of Antibiotics - Pharmacists And Other Healthcare Professionals Can Educate The Public

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the national professional society of pharmacists, encourages patients to talk to their pharmacist and healthcare professional about proper antibiotic use, prevention of antibiotic resistance, and appropriate infection control. Tens of thousands of deaths ...

read more The American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the national professional society of pharmacists, encourages patients to talk to their pharmacist and healthcare professional about proper antibiotic use, prevention of antibiotic resistance, and appropriate infection control. Tens of thousands of deaths read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Schools Are Scrambling To Battle Onslaught Of MRSA Infections

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
Schools are scrambling to find ways to combat a growing MRSA problem that experts say will only get worse. MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) is the acronym for a new strain of resistant bacteria that are the cause of severe infections now plaguing schools across the U.S. MRSA infe ...

read more Schools are scrambling to find ways to combat a growing MRSA problem that experts say will only get worse. MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) is the acronym for a new strain of resistant bacteria that are the cause of severe infections now plaguing schools across the U.S. MRSA infe read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

MRSA Screening Essential To Stop The Death Toll From Hospital Infections

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., Chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) and a former Lt. Governor of New York State, is announcing a model MRSA screening bill and calling on state lawmakers to enact this lifesaving measure. In New York State, the bill will be carried by Assemblywoman Nett ...

read more Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., Chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) and a former Lt. Governor of New York State, is announcing a model MRSA screening bill and calling on state lawmakers to enact this lifesaving measure. In New York State, the bill will be carried by Assemblywoman Nett read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

MRSA Cases More Widespread Than Thought In USA

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
MRSA infections are more common than previously thought in the United States. MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is being found more frequently outside of health care settings and seems to affect specific populations more than others, explains an article in The Journal of the Am ...

read more MRSA infections are more common than previously thought in the United States. MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is being found more frequently outside of health care settings and seems to affect specific populations more than others, explains an article in The Journal of the Am read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Practicing Good Hygiene Can Help Prevent MRSA Infections

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
The Alabama Department of Public Health advises that steps can be taken to help prevent infections from Community Acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as CAMRSA. Although the department does not have statewide data about the occurrence of MRSAinfections it is aware that th ...

read more The Alabama Department of Public Health advises that steps can be taken to help prevent infections from Community Acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as CAMRSA. Although the department does not have statewide data about the occurrence of MRSAinfections it is aware that th read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

CDC Estimates 94,000 Invasive Drug-resistant Staph Infections Occurred In The U.S. In 2005

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
Methicillin-resistant staph aureus (MRSA) caused more than 94,000 life-threatening infections and nearly 19,000 deaths in the United States in 2005, most of them associated with health care settings, according to the most thorough study of life-threatening infections caused by these bact ...

read more Methicillin-resistant staph aureus (MRSA) caused more than 94,000 life-threatening infections and nearly 19,000 deaths in the United States in 2005, most of them associated with health care settings, according to the most thorough study of life-threatening infections caused by these bact read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

PA Health Department Suggests Measures To Reduce The Spread Of 'MRSA'

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
Following reports about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, outbreaks in schools and other community settings nationwide, Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson today said there are measures that people can take to reduce the risk of contracting or spreading MRSA. Staph bacte ...

read more Following reports about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, outbreaks in schools and other community settings nationwide, Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson today said there are measures that people can take to reduce the risk of contracting or spreading MRSA. Staph bacte read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

VA National Campaign Takes Aim At Resistant Staph Infections

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
Building on the success of a pilot program that reduced a worrisome staph infection by 50 percent, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has tough new screening requirements now in place in all of its 153 hospitals. [click link for full article] ...

read more Building on the success of a pilot program that reduced a worrisome staph infection by 50 percent, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has tough new screening requirements now in place in all of its 153 hospitals. [click link for full article] read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

EquiFit Plans To Help Ward Off Spread Of MRSA, Makes SilverClene24™ Available To Schools, Homes And Offices

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
EquiFit Inc., a leading provider of state-of-the-art personal health and SpaCare products announced national availability of its AgSilver™ Anti-Microbial surface protectant, proven to kill MRSA, VRE and influenza on surfaces for up to 24 hours with just one spray. SilverClene2 ...

read more EquiFit Inc., a leading provider of state-of-the-art personal health and SpaCare products announced national availability of its AgSilver™ Anti-Microbial surface protectant, proven to kill MRSA, VRE and influenza on surfaces for up to 24 hours with just one spray. SilverClene2 read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Some Cancer Drugs May Work Best In Combination

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
While some targeted therapies -- drugs developed to attack specific molecules in the critical chemical pathways occurring within cancer cells -- work well by themselves, increasingly researchers are finding that they work better when teamed with other targeted and conventional therap ...

read more While some targeted therapies -- drugs developed to attack specific molecules in the critical chemical pathways occurring within cancer cells -- work well by themselves, increasingly researchers are finding that they work better when teamed with other targeted and conventional therap read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

MRSA Kills One In 20 Hospital Patients Who Have The Infection

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
One of every 20 (or 5 percent) of the roughly 368,600 patients treated in U.S. hospitals in 2005 for Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, died, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Most of the patients who died of this h ...

read more One of every 20 (or 5 percent) of the roughly 368,600 patients treated in U.S. hospitals in 2005 for Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, died, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Most of the patients who died of this h read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Future MRSA Outbreaks In Schools Are Preventable!

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
Skinvisible, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SKVI) (Website: http://www.skinvisible.com) has formulated a product that may have stopped the recent spread of the Super-Bug, MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in schools and universities. The product, a non-alcohol based antibact ...

read more Skinvisible, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SKVI) (Website: http://www.skinvisible.com) has formulated a product that may have stopped the recent spread of the Super-Bug, MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in schools and universities. The product, a non-alcohol based antibact read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Healthcare Watchdog Launches Biggest Ever Programme Of Visits On Healthcare-associated Infection - 120 Trusts To Be Inspected On Hygiene, UK

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
The Healthcare Commission is to carry out unannounced inspections at 120 NHS trusts over the coming year in its biggest ever programme of visits relating to healthcare-associated infection. The Commission will check compliance with the Government's Hygiene Code, which outlines 11 compulsory duties t ...

read more The Healthcare Commission is to carry out unannounced inspections at 120 NHS trusts over the coming year in its biggest ever programme of visits relating to healthcare-associated infection. The Commission will check compliance with the Government's Hygiene Code, which outlines 11 compulsory duties t read more Wed Jun 2007 Wed Jun 2007

Gel-based Handrub Improves Hospital Hygiene

Categorie : MRSA / Drug Resistance
Giving health care workers easy access to alcohol-based handrubs can improve hygiene in hospitals, a study published today in the Online Open Access journal Critical Care suggests. Good hand hygiene among health care workers can help minimise the spread of infections within hospitals. Alcohol-base ...

read more Giving health care workers easy access to alcohol-based handrubs can improve hygiene in hospitals, a study published today in the Online Open Access journal Critical Care suggests. Good hand hygiene among health care workers can help minimise the spread of infections within hospitals. Alcohol-base read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

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