Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Better way to treat abscesses: Add antibiotic to conventional approach

UCLA researchers have found that doctors can use a specific antibiotic in addition to surgically draining an abscess to give people a better chance of recovery. The discovery turns on its head the long-held notion that surgical ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Copper destroys MRSA at a touch

New research from the University of Southampton shows that copper can destroy MRSA spread by touching and fingertip contamination of surfaces.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Student targets MRSA after it costs father his leg

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

MRSA contamination found in supermarket sausages and minced pork

A survey carried out earlier this year has found the first evidence of the 'superbug' bacteria Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in sausages and minced pork obtained from supermarkets in the UK. However, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Active substance targeting dreaded hospital germs

In the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), scientists have conducted clinical studies on an active substance against the dreaded hospital pathogen Staphylococcus aureus: a highly effective protein from bacteriophages ...

Immunology

Cigarette smoke makes superbugs more aggressive

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an antibiotic-resistant superbug, can cause life-threatening skin, bloodstream and surgical site infections or pneumonia. Researchers at the University of California, San ...

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