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Do antibiotics in animal feed pose a serious risk to human health?
As fears rise over antibiotic resistance, two experts in BMJ today debate whether adding antibiotics to animal feed poses a serious risk to human health.
Jul 10, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists look to crowd-funding and Big Data to fight superbugs
Researchers from the University of Bath and Emory University (USA) are hoping that online crowd-funding can help in efforts to develop a new way to identify and treat toxic superbugs, such as MRSA.
Nov 14, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Recorded penicillin allergy linked to increased risk of 'superbug' infections
Patients who have a penicillin allergy recorded in their medical records are at an increased risk of developing the drug resistant 'superbug' infection MRSA and healthcare-associated infection C difficile, finds a study published ...
Jun 27, 2018
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MRSA survival chances predicted by DNA sequencing the superbug
Sequencing the DNA of the MRSA superbug can accurately identify patients most at risk of death and could help medics develop new treatments as we move towards personalised medicine, say scientists publishing in the journal ...
Aug 7, 2017
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Scientists take a step closer to developing vaccine against C. difficile
A group of leading scientists from across Europe have launched a three-year project aimed at developing an oral vaccine against Clostridium difficile, an infection that kills around 4,000 people a year (almost four-times ...
Nov 4, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tiny electrical sensors could signal faster MRSA diagnosis
A simple test to identify MRSA in wounds could identify the superbug quickly and help prevent infection from spreading.
Mar 29, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Decolonization protocol can prevent dangerous infections among discharged hospital patients
Hospital patients who have methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can prevent future MRSA infections by following a standard bathing protocol after discharge, according to research results published in the February ...
Feb 14, 2019
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Pre-pregnancy diabetes increases risk of MRSA among new mothers
Pregnant women with diabetes are more than three times as likely as mothers without diabetes to become infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) before hospital discharge, according to a study in the ...
Jul 1, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
MRSA declines are sustained in veterans hospitals nationwide
Five years after implementing a national initiative to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rates in Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers, MRSA cases have continued to decline, according to a study in ...
Oct 29, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study: Optimal treatment duration for MRSA-related pneumonia
The national practice guideline for treating MRSA-related pneumonia is seven to 21 days. A Henry Ford Hospital study found that effective treatment can be done in half the time.
Oct 19, 2012
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