Prep-Lifewatch - Insurance News Net (press release) 1268215799|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


CBC.ca

Prep-Lifewatch
Insurance News Net (press release)
... diseases found that between 1995 and 2007 the incidence of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) soared 17-fold at Canadian hospitals. ...
Superbug MRSA on rise in Canadian hospitals as well as in community, study findsThe Canadian Press

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New long-lasting hand sanitizer developed - UPI.com 1268159758|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


New long-lasting hand sanitizer developed
UPI.com
Officials said the new hand sanitizer kills staphylococcus, streptococcus, E. coli and other bacteria, along with viruses, fungi, algae and mold, ...

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CLSI Publishes Report for Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant ... - SYS-CON Media (press release) 1267739686|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Bay Net

CLSI Publishes Report for Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
... latest information regarding the development and implementation of a successful methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surveillance program. ...
MRSA Rates Six Times Higher in People With HIVAIDSmeds.com HIV/AIDS Treatment News
Super Germ Emerging as Real Concern for Healthcare ProfessionalsBay Net
Rise of the Superbugs: Why We Are Increasingly at Risk From Antibiotic ...AlterNet
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About the Cover
Am J Pathology (subscription)
On the Cover: Researchers developed a non-human primate model of lower respiratory tract infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. ...

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Hospital punishes poor hand-washing with a pink slip
FierceHealthcare
... the result of acquiring a MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infection during a stay at Abingdon Memorial for knee replacement surgery. ...

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - Food Safety News 1266141707|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Food Safety News
Kaplan urged practitioners to acknowledge that community Staphylococcus aureus infections are dramatically increasing. He touched on the problem of CA-MRSA ...
Community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia ...7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Officials Confirm Case Of MRSA At SoBo SchoolGazette Virginian
Taking fewer antibiotics can reduce resistanceNews-Leader.com
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) -NW Evening Mail -PigProgress.net (blog)
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Lorus Therapeutics Announces Allowance of a Patent on its Small Molecule Program - MarketWatch (press release) 1268227604|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Lorus Therapeutics Announces Allowance of a Patent on its Small Molecule Program
MarketWatch (press release)
LOR-220 is a novel small molecule that is active against multi-drug resistant Gram-positive bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...

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Percutaneous Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead ...
Cardiosource
The most common pathogens were methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. Embolization of a vegetation occurred in 2/100 ...

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Top WWE Diva Undergoing Surgery Today
Impact Wrestling News
Staphylococcus infections can be very deadly if not treated in a timely fashion. And the fact that she's having surgery sounds pretty dire! ...

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Antibiotics as Active Mutagens in the Emergence of Multidrug Resistance - Science Daily (press release) 1265992697|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Antibiotics as Active Mutagens in the Emergence of Multidrug Resistance
Science Daily (press release)
12, 2010) — Multidrug resistant bacteria such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pose a major problem for patients, doctors, ...
Low-Dose Antibiotics May Promote Drug ResistanceBusinessWeek
Low level antibiotics mutate bacteria and create superbugseMaxHealth

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Arbor Pharmaceuticals Announces the Launch of Pediaderm(TM) HC Complete Kit ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Importantly, the presence of certain skin pathogens – most notably Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) – have been shown to contribute to the worsening and ...

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Gene Signature IDs Fungal Infection in Mice - GenomeWeb Daily News 1267716988|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


www.worldbulletin.net

Gene Signature IDs Fungal Infection in Mice
GenomeWeb Daily News
"We were very pleased to learn that we could further distinguish the fungal infection from a [Staphylococcus] infection, another bloodstream disease that ...
Blood Gene Expression Signatures Predict Invasive CandidiasisScience Magazine (subscription)
Early test for a killer of the sickestEurekAlert (press release)

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Popular Science

Posted by kdawson on Sunday February 28, @04:57PM
Slashdot
Though methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the best-known antibiotic-resistant germ, the new class of resistant bacteria could be more ...
In Blitz to Kill One Kind of Infectious Bacteria, Other Untreatable Strains EmergePopular Science
Rising Threat of Infections Unfazed by AntibioticsNew York Times
Searching for DrugsCommonweal (blog)

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Research and Markets: Competitor Analysis: Biologic and Immune Therapy of ... - Earthtimes (press release) 1267632195|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Research and Markets: Competitor Analysis: Biologic and Immune Therapy of ...
Earthtimes (press release)
The present Competitive Intelligence Report about Biologic and Immuno Therapy of Staphylococcus aureus Infections provides a competitor evaluation in the ...

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The ecology of nasal colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae,Haemophilus ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release) 1266943897|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


The ecology of nasal colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae,Haemophilus ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The first step in invasive disease caused by the normally commensal bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae is ...

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ABC Online

Aussies to test golden staph vaccine
Sydney Morning Herald
Dr Peter Richmond said the bacteria, otherwise named Staphylococcus aureus, was posing a rising challenge to health authorities as antibiotic-resistant ...
Golden Staph vaccine trialABC Online
Golden Staph trial needs volunteersWA today

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Old Enemy Might Help to Prevent Alzheimer's
New York Times
They mixed A-beta with microbes that LL-37 is known to kill — listeria, staphylococcus, pseudomonas. It killed 8 out of 12. “We did the assays exactly as ...

Daptomycin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis native-valve ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release) 1266516282|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Daptomycin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis native-valve ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) have been increasing in importance as a cause of native valve endocarditis (NVE). Most cases of NVE caused by CoNS ...

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Treatment protocols for infections, MRSA vary throughout Europe
Ortho SuperSite
The potential for surgical site infections and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus remain at the forefront of surgeons' minds. ...
MRSA superbug back at PRHCPeterborough Examiner

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Wallace's Farmer

Iowa Farm Bureau Responds to News Report on Antibiotic Use
Wallace's Farmer
"Many people carry staphylococcus at one time or another. If you cultured 100 persons to see if they carried staphylococcus, 30 of them would in fact at ...
USA - Drug industry on the back foot over CBS storyMeattradenewsdaily (blog)

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Boston Globe

Merck's R&D pipeline gets a boost
Drug Store News (blog)
The pipeline includes treatments and vaccines for cancer, hepatitis C, human papillomavirus, Staphylococcus aureus, atherosclerosis, hypertension, ...
Merck Announces Robust Integrated Pipeline With More Than 20 Medicines and ...MarketWatch (press release)

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Proteome changes of Caenorhabditis elegans upon a Staphylococcus aureus infection - 7thSpace Interactive (press release) 1266430253|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Proteome changes of Caenorhabditis elegans upon a Staphylococcus aureus infection
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The aim of this paper is to complement this knowledge by investigating the worm's response to a Staphylococcus aureus infection through a 2-dimensional ...

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Man's Oldest Metal Is Ideal for Giving Kitchens & Baths a New Twist
MarketWatch (press release)
*Testing demonstrates efficacy against Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), E. coli O157:H7, Enterobacter aerogenes ...

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Health Q&A on community-associated MRSA
Appleton Post Crescent
A: MRSA is an abbreviation for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterial infection highly resistant to some antibiotics. ...

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Scrubs and nasal ointments found to reduce rate of acquired surgical infection
Ortho SuperSite
Preventing surgical-site infections in nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus . N Engl J Med . 2010;362:9-17. Darouiche RO, Wall MJ Jr, Itani KM, et al. ...

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Telegraph.co.uk

Warm tributes paid to Nixon-era chief of staff
Irish Independent
A spokesman for Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore said Mr Haig died from a staphylococcus infection acquired prior to his arrival at the hospital. ...
Haig helped Nixon see his presidency was overSydney Morning Herald

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Stockguru.com: Nuvilex Inc. is in the StockGuru Spotlight for March 9, 2010 - Trading Markets (press release) 1268131905|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Stockguru.com: Nuvilex Inc. is in the StockGuru Spotlight for March 9, 2010
Trading Markets (press release)
... including glucose metabolism, scarring, acne, cholesterol, common cold, influenza, and other known pathogens, such as staphylococcus and streptococcus. ...

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KIDK

Hidden germs
KIDK
We found different strains of the Staphylococcus bacteria. "And we know that when you say Staphylococcus bacteria there is a chance hat it is the MRSA ...

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Australian trial begins on investigational staph vaccine
VaccineNewsDaily
... 2010 PERTH, Australia — Researchers here are calling for volunteers to help test an investigational vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus. ...

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Vibativ's Delayed Approval for Nosocomial Pneumonia Will Significantly Reduce ... - PR Newswire (press release) 1266498152|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Vibativ's Delayed Approval for Nosocomial Pneumonia Will Significantly Reduce ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The Pharmacor 2010 findings from the topic entitled Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus show that the lack of approval for nosocomial pneumonia will ...

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Orthopedic researchers find sustained keratin release of antibiotics inhibits ...
Ortho SuperSite
... bioactivity of the ciprofloxacin incorporated into keratin hydrogels with an in vitro brth inhibition assay with a Staphylococcus aureus cell line. ...

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Cholesterol Drugs could Increase Infection Risk
eMaxHealth
The scientists first grew human cells then exposed them to Staphylococcus areus, found on the skin and in the lungs. They used healthy macrophages from ...

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White Blood Cells Devour Bacteria In Amazing 1950s Science Clip (VIDEO) - Huffington Post (blog) 1266338946|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


White Blood Cells Devour Bacteria In Amazing 1950s Science Clip (VIDEO)
Huffington Post (blog)
A less than 30-second movie from the 1950s shows a white blood cell (neutrophil) pursuing the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on blood film. ...

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24x7 Infection Control, Inc. Announces World's First, Modern “Shield” Against ...
Earthtimes (press release)
In these studies, it has been proven effective against Staphylococcus aureus (Staph), Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); including HA-MRSA ...

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Analysis of the Impact of Early Surgery on In-Hospital Mortality of Native ...
Cardiosource
Patients were stratified by propensity quintile, paravalvular complications, valve perforation, systemic embolization, stroke, Staphylococcus aureus ...

CHP urges vigilance against community-associated MRSA - 7thSpace Interactive (press release) 1267456182|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


CHP urges vigilance against community-associated MRSA
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
MRSA is a type of staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. It is a common infection worldwide. In recent years, many countries ...

Superbugs Caused due to Low Levels of Antibiotics - TopNews United States 1266656688|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


TopNews United States

Superbugs Caused due to Low Levels of Antibiotics
TopNews United States
Strains of E. coli and Staphylococcus were used by the researchers to test the effect of low level antibiotics and the scientists observed the effect of ...

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Skin Cells Could Soon Be Used to Repair Hearts
Softpedia
Matters are made even worse by the fact that some of the most dangerous strains of bacteria in the world, such as the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

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Local Business Briefs - Daily Press 1266308179|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Local Business Briefs
Daily Press
... ultimately reducing morbidity from battlefield injuries and warding off serious infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA). ...

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Venous Thromboembolism in the Pediatric Population - Ortho SuperSite 1267651318|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Venous Thromboembolism in the Pediatric Population
Ortho SuperSite
9 Staphylococcal virulence factors have been reported to potentially play a role in DVT formation. Specifically, Staphylococcus aureus that possess the ...

Drug-resistant bugs growing in number - UI The Daily Iowan 1266847000|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Drug-resistant bugs growing in number
UI The Daily Iowan
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogenic bacteria that can be seen in both humans and animals. They are unique in that they are resistant ...

MRSA Infection found at Massachusetts Elementary School - Lawyers and Settlements 1266930025|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Lawyers and Settlements

MRSA Infection found at Massachusetts Elementary School
Lawyers and Settlements
Boston, MA: Officials at South Boston Elementary School have informed parents and faculty that an outbreak of Methicilin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, ...

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Daily Mail

Your hospital survival guide: The ingenious tricks that can save you from ...
Daily Mail
It won't help once you've got one of the Staphylococcus infections (which can include MRSA) it can help prevent it in the first place. ...

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Professional Sports Prepare Game Plans For MRSA Superbug - Bleacher Report 1266757683|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Bleacher Report

Professional Sports Prepare Game Plans For MRSA Superbug
Bleacher Report
Historically, the leading cause of skin infections and abscesses has always been the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus or SA). ...

Excelimmune secures $1 million in series B funding - Behavioral Health Central (blog) 1266011018|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Excelimmune secures $1 million in series B funding
Behavioral Health Central (blog)
... of the company's first drug candidate, Staphguard, a human recombinant polyclonal antibody (HRPA) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. ...
Excelimmune Raises $1MXconomy

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EMS Magazine

Along Came a Spider...
EMS Magazine
Common house spiders are not likely vectors of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. J Med Entomol 43(5): 962–5, ...

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Molecular characterization of resistance to Rifampicin in an emerging hospital ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release) 1267697074|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Molecular characterization of resistance to Rifampicin in an emerging hospital ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Methicillin-resistant S.aureus (MRSA) has been endemic in Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, since 1990. During the 1990-95 period the Iberian ...

Prophylactic Antibiotics and Wound Healing After Varicose Vein Surgery - Medscape 1266875325|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Prophylactic Antibiotics and Wound Healing After Varicose Vein Surgery
Medscape
Wounds from 5 patients in the control group and no patients in the antibiotic group grew Staphylococcus aureus. The results of this study suggest an ...

Surgeon's study aimed at fighting MRSA - Echo Pilot 1267647834|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Surgeon's study aimed at fighting MRSA
Echo Pilot
... complicated back procedures can help solve one of medicine's thorniest dilemmas — how to fight methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections. ...

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Biologics target bad bugs - Nature.com (subscription) 1267786118|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Nature.com (subscription)

Biologics target bad bugs
Nature.com (subscription)
It is in development to prevent sepsis caused by Staphylococci infections in low-birth-weight infants. Pagibaximab is a chimeric antibody that targets ...

Raleigh dance company closes after MRSA infection - WRAL.com 1267070107|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Raleigh dance company closes after MRSA infection
WRAL.com
Raleigh, NC — A Raleigh dance company was temporarily closed Wednesday after an athlete tested positive for MRSA, or methycillin-resistant staphylococcus ...

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MNBT: ATTACKING IMPLANT INFECTIONS
WPTV
The most common cause of these infections is a type of bacteria Staphylococcus epidermidis, which is found on the skin and mucous membranes. ...

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Intercell Announces Q4 and Preliminary Full Year 2009 Financial Results
PR Newswire (press release)
If successful, we expect the Staphylococcus aureus vaccine candidate (partnered with Merck & Co., Inc.) and our Pseudomonas aeruginosa vaccine candidate to ...

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What's on Xiamen

Top 10 imported food safety cases in Xiamen in 2009
What's on Xiamen
On 3rd Dec 2009, salmonella and staphylococcus aureus were found in 1000 grams of edible bird's nest from Malaysia. In recent years, the Xiamen Entry-Exit ...

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Telegraph.co.uk

Bugs are changing – and we have a fight on our hands
Telegraph.co.uk
The threat doesn't come only from former enemies such as the hospital-acquired “superbugs” methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and ...

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E-prescriptions more reliable than handwritten ones - CNET 1267218772|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


CNET

E-prescriptions more reliable than handwritten ones
CNET
... Claritin (antihistamine) and baclofen (a muscle relaxant) prescribed instead of Bactroban (a topical antibiotic ointment for treating Staphylococcus). ...

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Researchers accidentally create strain-specific antibiotic
Ars Technica
Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus (among others) were unfazed by it. The new chemical no longer opened holes in the ...

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What to know about infections in hospitals
Jackson Sun
It has a number of initiatives in place to reduce healthcare-acquired infections, including CLABSIs, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and ...

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Mad rantings about politics, evolution, and microbiology
ScienceBlogs (blog)
Onto MRSA, which is short for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Let's deal with the "SA" first. S. aureus, like E. coli, is a common commensal ...

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Guest column: Antibiotic ban will endanger food safety - Truth about Trade & Technology 1266465011|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Guest column: Antibiotic ban will endanger food safety
Truth about Trade & Technology
Consumers should know that Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) mentioned in these reports is not a food-borne disease and not usually from ...

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Prosthetic-Valve Dehiscence
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)
The patient underwent urgent excision and replacement of the dehisced aortic valve, which was found to be infected with Staphylococcus aureus, ...

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J&J Cedes Drug Rights To Small Swiss Partner
Wall Street Journal
The development is the latest turn in a dispute between the two companies over the antibiotic, which targets methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus—the ...
Basilea to regain full global rights to ceftobiproleMarketWatch (press release)

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Battling to halt super bug invasion
Lifescience Lab
“These are real super bugs, far worse than MRSA (the Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and even the more aggressive Community Acquired MRSA ...

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Search for drug to halt MRSA is abandoned
Press and Journal
The term “MRSA” – methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – is used to describe examples of the organism which are resistant to common antibiotics. ...

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Carotid Artery Spasm Secondary to Acute Isolated Sphenoid Sinusitis
Archives of Otolaryngology
A subsequent endoscopic sphenoidotomy revealed gross purulence, cultures of which yielded methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. ...

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Study Shows Sani-Bag+® to be an Effective Microbial Barrier
PR Web (press release)
The organisms tested include Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, Klebsiella pneumonia, and Clostridium difficile. No organism transfer occurred from the ...

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Calcaneal osteomyelitis presenting with acute tarsal tunnel syndrome: a case ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
MRI and bone scan imaging, followed by surgical decompression and bone biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of Staphylococcus Aureus calcaneal osteomyelitis. ...

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New UV lamp kills germs like MRSA
EDN.com (blog)
... device will be a good weapon the arsenal to wipe out hospital borne staph also called MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) completely. ...

Raleigh dance company reopens after MRSA infection - WRAL.com 1267311665|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Raleigh dance company reopens after MRSA infection
WRAL.com
Raleigh, NC — A Raleigh dance company that temporarily shut down this week because of a case of MRSA, or methycillin-resistant staphylococcus aurea, ...

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Pfizer researchers take on killer superbugs
Trading Markets (press release)
... antibiotics got them under control for a while and attention moved on to another bacteria known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. ...

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Eureka! Science News

Brain Amyloid Has Antibiotic Role in Alzheimer's, Study Finds
BusinessWeek
... which can cause thrush, and bacteria such as Listeria, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus, according to a report in the journal PLoS One. ...
Alzheimer's-associated protein may be part of the innate immune systemEurekAlert (press release)
Amyloid-beta Protein May Defend Against InfectionsRedOrbit

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Soil switches on antibiotic genes in bacteria - Chemistry World 1266844955|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Chemistry World

Soil switches on antibiotic genes in bacteria
Chemistry World
... to persuade a Clostridium species to produce a hitherto unknown antibiotic that is active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). ...

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Conference to Feature Dairy Innovations
Canada Views
Kelton will be talking about how his research team identified the harmful bacteria Staphylococcus aureus in milk produced in Ontario using a novel ...

An enhancer peptide for membrane-disrupting antimicrobial peptides - 7thSpace Interactive (press release) 1266250407|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


An enhancer peptide for membrane-disrupting antimicrobial peptides
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
... 10 times lower minimum bactericidal concentration for ASABF-aplha against Staphylococcus aureus), whereas NP4P itself was not bactericidal and did not ...

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Polar bear poo helps in superbug hunt
Montreal Gazette
Bacteria such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are a growing problem in hospitals and researchers are anxious to understand how they ...

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Indiana Firm Takes on Olympics Challenge: Bacteria
PR Web (press release)
The recent passing of former Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr. from a staphylococcal infection underlines how deadly such bacterial infections can be, ...

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KEY TO ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IS TO LEAVE NO ENEMIES BEHIND, SAYS EXPERT
Your-Story.org (press release)
... mutations in E. coli and Staphylococcus bacteria hundreds of times more than normal, making the creation of drug-resistant strains more likely. ...

Ex-anchor takes on Couric - DesMoinesRegister.com (blog) 1266516670|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)

Ex-anchor takes on Couric
DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
Johns goes on to quote Dr. Lisa Veach, MD, infectious disease specialist at Iowa Health in Des Moines, who treats Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus ...

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New York Daily News

Hospital infections are deadly and expensive according to study
Examiner.com
Many of the health care-associate infections are due to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other multi-drug resistant organisms. ...
Hospital acquired infections could be fatal--studyThe Money Times
Infections Caught in Hospitals Kill 48000 in US Every YearNewsinferno.com
Hospital-Acquired InfectionsInjuryBoard.com (blog)
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Life-Cycle Studies: Antibiotics
GREENandSAVE (blog)
One of the most common institutional microbes, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, kills more people in the United States each year than AIDS. ...

Ceftaroline Will Earn Peak Year Sales of up to $200 Million in the Community ... - MarketWatch (press release) 1267535481|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Ceftaroline Will Earn Peak Year Sales of up to $200 Million in the Community ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... that sales of the broad-spectrum cephalosporin ceftaroline will be driven by its activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), ...

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The killing power of clay: Advancing antibacterial alternatives - R & D Magazine 1267711791|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


The killing power of clay: Advancing antibacterial alternatives
R & D Magazine
... Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ...

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Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Financial ... - American Chronicle 1268257920|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Financial ...
American Chronicle
... and StaphVAX(R) (Staphylococcus aureus Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine), a vaccine designed to prevent the most dangerous and prevalent strains of S. ...

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Food Safety News

'Year of the Tiger' Begins Sunday
Food Safety News
Microbiological tests were used to track total bacterial counts for Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus and other ...

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What Can You Catch From Restrooms? - FOXNews 1266523472|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


What Can You Catch From Restrooms?
FOXNews
... E.coli, hepatitis A, and staphylococcus (the virus behind food poisoning and a form of pneumonia).It is highly possible that the strange cold you caught ...

Mineral studies advance antibacterial alternatives - EurekAlert (press release) 1267653140|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Mineral studies advance antibacterial alternatives
EurekAlert (press release)
... Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ...

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ViroPharma to Release 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results on ... - PR-USA.net (press release) 1266772182|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


ViroPharma to Release 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results on ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
... for treatment of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile and enterocolitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus, ...

MicroPhage Seeks FDA Clearance To Market World's First Test Designed To ... - Medical News Today (press release) 1268049771|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


MicroPhage Seeks FDA Clearance To Market World's First Test Designed To ...
Medical News Today (press release)
... is designed to rapidly identify Staphylococcus aureus ("staph") bacteria as well as determine methicillin resistance (MRSA) or susceptibility (MSSA) in ...

University of Minnesota is open for business. Are there customers? - MedCity News 1267735689|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


University of Minnesota is open for business. Are there customers?
MedCity News
... Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), also known as the antibiotic-resistant “super bugs,” in patients before a hospital admits them. ...

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Bad idea: Sick sticks
New Statesman
Signs of germs that cause pneumonia, food poisoning and urinary infections - plus several types of staphylococcus, which causes a range of localised ...

How to avoid infection - KING5.com 1267707794|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


How to avoid infection
KING5.com
Reducing the incidence of bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as staph, is one way to lower the risk for infection. ...

Survey: 17 per cent of Singapore ladies wash their bras only once a week - The Temasek Review (blog) 1265943477|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Survey: 17 per cent of Singapore ladies wash their bras only once a week
The Temasek Review (blog)
As they carry bacteria such as Staphylococcus Aureus which can enter the body through open wounds and causing skin and soft tissue infection, women who just ...

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Gorillas owner blasts into sports hygiene - Amarillo.com 1267604098|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Gorillas owner blasts into sports hygiene
Amarillo.com
According to the company, this environmentally safe procedure kills up to 99 percent of the bad stuff, including MRSA, H1N1, salmonella, staphylococcus and ...

Warden: Backlog for Westmoreland inmate counseling growing - Connellsville Daily Courier 1267626464|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Warden: Backlog for Westmoreland inmate counseling growing
Connellsville Daily Courier
Also yesterday, Walton informed the board of a female inmate who recently had been treated for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. ...

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J&J Returns Drug Rights
Zacks.com
Ceftobiprole, a broad-spectrum antibiotic [(for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)] indicated for the treatment of complicated skin ...
Basilea/J&J: MRSA drug receives European setback, J&J returns rightsTrading Markets (press release)
Icon is facing compensation threat over tests on MRSA drugIrish Independent

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HAWKINS v. SSC HENDERSONVILLE OPERATING COMPANY - Leagle.com 1267619741|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


HAWKINS v. SSC HENDERSONVILLE OPERATING COMPANY
Leagle.com
Hawkins was readmitted to Pardee Hospital on 13 March 2005 with a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus infection. He suffered from pneumonia secondary to ...

Germs in tobacco are potential source of respiratory infections blamed on smoking - Science News 1267216716|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Germs in tobacco are potential source of respiratory infections blamed on smoking
Science News
... associated with pneumonia and other infections; E. coli; and a number of Staphylococcus species that underlie serious hospital-associated infections. ...

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MicroPhage Seeks FDA Clearance to Market World's First Test Designed to ... - Earthtimes (press release) 1267811844|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


MicroPhage Seeks FDA Clearance to Market World's First Test Designed to ...
Earthtimes (press release)
... is designed to rapidly identify Staphylococcus aureus (“staph”) bacteria as well as determine methicillin resistance (MRSA) or susceptibility (MSSA) in ...

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Posted 12 hours ago - Peterborough Examiner 1267572915|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Posted 12 hours ago
Peterborough Examiner
Four cases of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus were identified in one unit at the hospital last week. MRSA can also be spread through hand ...

Outcome of Infected Total Joint Replacement - Ortho SuperSite 1267625969|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover


Outcome of Infected Total Joint Replacement
Ortho SuperSite
Four knees were infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Two were detected in the 1990s (1994 and 1997); these knees were found with an ...

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