A team of biologists and biomedical researchers at UC San Diego has developed a new method to determine if bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics within a few hours, an advance that could slow the appearance of drug resistance ...
Jan 22, 2016
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A novel class of antimicrobials that inhibits the function of a key disease-causing component of bacteria could be effective in fighting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the major drug-resistant ...
Nov 30, 2015
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A new study sheds light on how treatment of the "superbug" known as MRSA with certain antibiotics can potentially make patients sicker. The findings by Cedars-Sinai scientists, published today in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, ...
Nov 11, 2015
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Immunologists from Trinity College Dublin have unearthed a key piece of the MRSA vaccine puzzle by identifying specific 'helper' cells whose role in the immune response is critical in affecting infection outcomes.
Nov 5, 2015
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Drug-resistant bacteria have dominated news headlines and the attention of public health experts, but a study by experts at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and the Duke Clinical Research Institute shows that nonresistant ...
Oct 19, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Infectious diseases doctors say they're puzzled by a serious MRSA infection that could cost a professional football player his foot.
Oct 14, 2015
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The incidence of the most common strain of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has decreased in hospital-onset cases, but has failed to decline in the broader community, according to new research ...
Sep 16, 2015
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MRSA is bad news. If you've never heard of it, here's what you need to know: It's pronounced MER-suh, it's a nasty bacterial infection and it can cause serious disease and death.
Sep 14, 2015
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New research led by NYU Langone Medical Center has uncovered why a particular strain of Staphylococcus aureus—known as HA-MRSA—becomes more deadly than other variations. These new findings open up possible new pathways ...
Sep 9, 2015
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Contact precautions are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for all patients known to be infected with or carrying multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...
Aug 18, 2015
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