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A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.

A BABY who weighed just 1lb 6oz when he was born four months premature is on the road to recovery.

The start of the new school year is almost here, and children won't be the only ones returning to class - the Swine flu is expected to make a comeback as well.

Globalization and industrialization are causing diseases to spread from humans to animals, a study has shown Globalisation and industrialisation are causing diseases to spread from humans to animals, a study has shown.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the award of $17 million to fund projects to fight costly and dangerous health care-associated infections, or HAIs.

Main Category: MRSA / Drug Resistance Also Included In: Swine Flu ; Flu / Cold / SARS ; Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 22 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT As NHS hospitals face an even tougher winter than usual managing the rise in demand for beds alongside the second wave of swine flu , an influential group of doctors, scientists and ...

The number of cases of the superbug MRSA in public hospitals is decreasing, according to the latest data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

With flu season approaching, the scare of the H1N1 pandemic has hospitals in the Northern Hemisphere developing procedures to handle an influx of flu patients.

DEADLY superbug MRSA could infect thousands if a second wave of swine flu hits Britain hard.

Hospitals should be discharging MRSA patients early to help ease pressure on intensive care beds as the flu season starts, doctors say.

Ben Kieffer has the eyes and hands of an aspiring architect. But since he was a baby, his hands, along with the rest of his body, have battled red, scaly rashes.

Please click on the blue heading to read the entire article. Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus is a serious infection.

Main Category: MRSA / Drug Resistance Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 18 Oct 2009 TheraDoc, the leading provider of clinical decision support technology in healthcare, announced that it has started beta testing of a new computerized patient surveillance tool that will help hospitals monitor and manage ...

Main Category: Cystic Fibrosis Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses ; MRSA / Drug Resistance Article Date: 16 Oct 2009 - 21:00 PDT NanoBio Corporation today announced compelling preclinical data for NB-401, a nebulized nanoemulsion-based agent that kills highly drug-resistant strains of bacteria commonly found in cystic ...

All Press Releases for October 15, 2009>> USPTO and WIPO Publish NimbuDerm, Patent Applications -- Important Milestones in Advancing Quick-Med's Global Intellectual Property Quick-Med, a pioneer in advanced antimicrobial technologies for medical and consumer applications, announced today that USPTO and the World Intellectual Property Organization ...

Oct. 9, 2009 MU Conference to Update Health Providers on H1N1 flu, MRSA, Similar Problems Special to huntingtonnews.net Huntington, WV -- A conference updating health-care providers on infectious disease problems such as H1N1 flu and antibiotic-resistant bacteria will be offered Monday, Oct.

Top doctors have warned that plans to shut a specialist skincare unit in Leeds could lead to outbreaks of hospital superbugs.

Infections of elderly people caused by the Clostridium difficile hospital bug have fallen to a record low, figures have revealed.

SUPERBUG cases in the Lothians are continuing to fall, latest figures have revealed.

Screening all hospital patients for superbug MRSA is unethical and may do more harm than good, a leading microbiologist has warned.

Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide collaborative development, manufacturing and commercialization license agreement with Novartis for Paratek's lead broad-spectrum antibiotic, PTK 0796, a first-in-class aminomethylcycline in Phase 3 clinical trials.

Rates of infection from Clostridium difficile and MRSA in Scotland have been cut, figures have shown.

Main Category: MRSA / Drug Resistance Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 05 Oct 2009 CNN examines a recent report by researchers that warns of increasing antibiotic resistance and appeals for governments to take action to develop new antibiotics to avert a health crisis.

A MUM has hit out after claiming she was not told her severely disabled son was a carrier of the superbug MRSA.

Main Category: MRSA / Drug Resistance Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 02 Oct 2009 Drug resistance is a key public health problem and also a problem for makers of branded antibacterial products, according to the findings of a new report.

AVON a ' A student at Avon Middle School is hospitalized with MRSA and a younger sibling of the student, a student at Avon Heritage South Elementary School, is out of school with a less severe case of MRSA.

New research suggests penicillin is becoming obsolete, and antibiotic resistance could lead to a "major health crisis" unless governments act to promote research into new drugs.

"I think you could pass on something along the lines of thanks for noting that there is some confusion, but can you now fix it" Chairman Professor William Pope NHS bosses have raised concerns about a report which suggests staff are confused about what to do when superbugs are found, after latest figures show seven patients caught MRSA in four ...

Yen-hsu Chen, from Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, led a team of researchers who studied IT equipment in a 1600-bed medical center in southern Taiwan with 47 wards and 282 computers.

A recent study released by Simmons College 's Center for Hygiene and Health in Home and Community , and sponsored by an educational grant from Reckitt Benckiser 's LYSOL brand products, revealed that college students are not following proper hygiene guidelines to help protect themselves from serious illness, according to a press release .