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Among patients with the lung disorder non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, treatment with the antibiotic erythromycin resulted in improvement in symptoms but also increased the risk of antibiotic resistance, according to a study appearing in the March 27 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-antibiotic-benefit-treatment-respiratory-disorder.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:00:09 EST news283523222 (HealthDay)—The TOBI Podhaler (tobramycin inhalation powder) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat cystic fibrosis patients infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that can damage the lungs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-inhaler-cystic-fibrosis-patients.html Medications Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:50:01 EST news283451913 University of Cambridge researchers have discovered how an antibiotic-resistant superbug exploits oxygen-limited conditions in the lungs of patients with severe respiratory disease to thrive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-scientists-potential-superbug.html Medical research Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:20:01 EST news278677034 In the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, guidelines have been proposed by epidemiologists from Beaumont Health System to reduce the risk of infection from contaminated gels. The recommendations are based on the authors' own experiences with an outbreak traced to contaminated ultrasound transmission gel. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-ultrasound-gel-infections-guidelines.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:42:55 EST news271939364 Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have developed a new technique which has the potential to kill off hospital superbugs like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, C. difficile and MRSA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-plasma-jet-cold-shoulder-superbugs.html Medical research Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:40:55 EST news268476045 (Medical Xpress)—Healthy people's lungs are home to a diverse community of microbes that differs markedly from the bacteria found in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. That's the result of new research from Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, which has wide implications for treatment of cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-healthy-lungs-microbes-focus-cystic.html Medical research Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:43:53 EST news267957826 Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who become infected with the bacterium Pseudomonas aerguinosa are more likely to have worse clinical outcomes and experience more hospitalizations during the course of their disease than COPD patients who are not infected, according to researchers from Buffalo, N.Y. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-p-aeruginosa-bacteria-hospitalizations-copd.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:15 EST news256996604 Combining common antibiotics with additional compounds could make previously resistant bacteria more susceptible to the same antibiotics. 'Resuscitation' of existing antibiotics has the potential to make infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria easier to control, reducing antibiotic usage and levels of antimicrobial resistance, say scientists presenting their work at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Dublin this week. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-resuscitating-antibiotics-drug-resistance.html Medications Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:25:40 EST news252123929 Experts from Bristol and Nottingham are leading a major new national study to investigate whether intravenous antibiotics are effective in killing a common germ that causes dangerous complications in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-clinical-trial-success-cystic-fibrosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:48:44 EST news252064114 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Liverpool are examining the evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa over time in the lungs of ten people with cystic fibrosis to understand why it persists in these patients and why its response to antibiotics is so varied. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-parallel-evolution-cystic-fibrosis.html Medical research Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:30:02 EST news250237072 A team of Trinity College Dublin researchers has developed a fully automated system that eradicates bacterial contamination in hospital water tanks, distribution systems and taps. This type of contamination was linked to the recent tragic deaths of three babies in a Belfast Maternity Hospital. The findings will be published in the April edition of Journal of Hospital Infection and have just been published online. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-automated-bacteria-hospital.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:40:01 EST news250160943 The lung clearance index (LCI) is a sensitive non-invasive marker of early lung disease in young children with cystic fibrosis (CF), according to a new study from Australian researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-early-cystic-fibrosis-lung-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:40:02 EST news246860690 Although scientists have known for centuries that many bacteria produce hydrogen sulfide (H2S) it was thought to be simply a toxic by-product of cellular activity. Now, researchers at NYU School of Medicine have discovered H2S in fact plays a major role in protecting bacteria from the effects of numerous different antibiotics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-bacterial-gas-defenses-efficacy-numerous.html Medical research Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:28:37 EST news240766107 After 70 years, antibiotics are still the primary treatment for halting the spread of bacterial infections. But the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is now outpacing the rate of new drug discovery and approval. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-antibiotic-effect-resistance.html Medical research Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:13:16 EST news239026319 Results from a comprehensive multi-site clinical trial demonstrated that the use of antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care unit rooms reduced the amount of bacteria in the rooms by 97 percent and resulted in a 41 percent reduction in the hospital acquired infection rate. According to researchers, this study is one of the first to demonstrate the value of a passive infection control intervention, one that does not rely on staff or patients remembering to take action. The results will be presented on Friday, October 21 at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-technology-bacteria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:10:39 EST news238324225 The emergence of bacteria resistant to antibiotics and efforts by scientists trying to cope with the problem top the agenda at a medical convention under way here this weekend. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-drug-resistant-bacteria-agenda-medical-convention.html Health Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:40:27 EST news235572007 Compared to a standard diagnostic procedure, infants with cystic fibrosis who received treatment based on a diagnostic procedure involving obtaining and culturing fluid samples from the lungs did not have a lower prevalence of lung-damaging infection or structural lung injury at 5 years of age, according to a study in the July 13 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-invasive-diagnostic-procedure-children-cystic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:49:24 EST news229708092 Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have poor lung function early in life are more likely also to have poor lung function in adolescence, regardless of whether they are exposed to a common infection caused by the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa in early childhood. Earlier studies had indicated infection with the bacteria early in life was strongly associated with poor lung function later on. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-bacterial-infection-indicator-poor-lung.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 16 May 2011 10:38:55 EST news224761091