MRSA News

NEW cases of the superbug MRSA in East Lancashire hospitals have fallen. Latest figures released by the Health Protection Agency show that for the East Lancashire NHS Trust - which covers the Royal Blackburn, Burnley General, Pendle Community and Rossendale hospitals - there were 17 new infections in the last financial year.

The rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in U.S. neonatal intensive care units has more than tripled in recent years, reports a study in the July issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal .

TORBAY Hospital is winning its war on the MRSA virus, according to new figures. Consultant microbiologist Dr Tony Maggs, the hospital's director of infection control and prevention, gave South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's board of directors the news this week.

Burlington, Mass. &#8212 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus infections seen in dermatologic surgery may be on the rise.

HOSPITAL chiefs in Worcestershire have admitted they have fallen behind the target for tackling deadly superbug MRSA.

Main Category: MRSA / Drug Resistance Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 28 Jun 2009 The Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine belonging to Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona is directing the AntiPathoGN European research project aimed at looking for new drug targets in pathogenic bacteria resistant to ...

HOSPITAL bosses have admitted plans to become a foundation trust may be affected by recent cases of the superbug MRSA on our wards.

THE Penparcau parents of an eightday- old baby boy claimed this week that he contracted the potentiallyfatal 'superdrug' MRSA at Bronglais Hospital, where he was born.

Once upon a time, people thought that dog saliva had healing properties. This old adage probably stemmed from seeing dogs lick their wounds after injury.

I just read 10 minutes ago that Micheal Jackson was dead from cardiac arrest In February I read that Micheals health was declining due to MRSA and lung problems.

DESTAPH, Inc. announces the availability of First Call, a new sanitizer/cleaning product that kills 99.9% of the MRSA bacteria.

Southampton University researchers are designing new technology to detect hospital superbugs.

Cats and dogs are infecting more pet owners with a staph infection resistant to certain antibiotics, according to the results of a study released this week.

An infectious superbug capable of being passed from pets to humans is on the rise and becoming increasingly problematic.

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: MRSA / Drug Resistance ; Dermatology Article Date: 23 Jun 2009 - 1:00 PDT Arlington Medical Resources , a provider of premier market intelligence for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic imaging industries, finds that for the July - December 2008 time period, skin and skin ...

Main Category: MRSA / Drug Resistance Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 22 Jun 2009 A review published in the July edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases discusses septic syndromes and bite-related infections caused by cats and dogs.

Due to a concentrated proactive effort, Wheeling Hospital's rate of hospital-acquired infections remains below the level set in a national infection-control project.

Main Category: Immune System / Vaccines Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 17 Jun 2009 Molecules known as type I IFNs are a central component of the protective immune response following infection with a virus.

The same molecules, known as type I IFNs, that are central to the protective immune response following infection with a virus, can markedly increase the severity of pneumonia caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, which is becoming a major health problem due to the emergence of methicillin-resistant strains.

Investigations have been launched into the deaths of six patients who died unexpectedly after treatment in Lincolnshire hospitals last year.