Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Failures in stethoscope hygiene can lead to patient infections
You can lead a doctor to disinfection, but how do you get them to clean...or wipe ....or swab a stethoscope?
Jul 18, 2017
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News tagged with methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
Medical research
Scientists stumble across new method of making antibiotics
Cancer researchers in the UK may have stumbled across a solution to reverse antibiotic drug resistance and stop infections like MRSA.
Jul 13, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Common antimicrobials help patients recover from MRSA abscesses
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are resistant to multiple antibiotics and commonly cause skin infections that can lead to more serious or life-threatening infection in other parts of the body. ...
Jun 29, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Interview: Europe can solve superbug crisis
As the European Commission publishes a new plan to fight the threat from drug-resistant superbugs, Professor Herman Goossens, the initiator of the first European Antibiotic Awareness Day, says he is optimistic that scientists ...
Jun 29, 2017
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Pediatrics
Is there an alternative to disposable diapers?
You know that disposable diapers are ecologically questionable, but cloth diapers seem too messy for you and your child—is there an alternative?
Jun 21, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The dirt and dope that's on your cash
We live in a dirty world. Wherever we go, we are among microbes. Bacteria, fungi and viruses live on our phones, bus seats, door handles and park benches. We pass these tiny organisms to each other when we share a handshake ...
Jun 21, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
VHA initiative significantly reduces MRSA in veterans living centers
An initiative led by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) reduced Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections by 89 percent over four years in a Veterans community living center (CLC) in North Carolina, ...
Jun 15, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Comparison of antibiotic treatments for cellulitis
Among patients with uncomplicated cellulitis, the use of an antibiotic regimen with activity against MRSA did not result in higher rates of clinical resolution compared to an antibiotic lacking MRSA activity; however, certain ...
May 23, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
MRSA blood infections are less fatal in kids, but cause significant complications
Children with bloodstream infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a common antibiotic-resistant bacteria, are less likely to die than adults with this condition and have different risk factors ...
May 5, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Decreasing antibiotic use can reduce transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms
Reducing antibiotic use in intensive care units by even small amounts can significantly decrease transmission of dangerous multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), according to new research published online today in Infection ...
Mar 8, 2017
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