Better risk management could cut MRSA infection rates
... ... Institutions with the highest number of bed days for riskier treatments, particularly surgery and gynaecology, have an increased likelihood o...Novel approaches to tackling obesity, cancer and MRSA
... ... ... Seeding Drug Discovery Dr Ted Bianco (Technology Transfer Division, Wellcome Trust)... Natural gut hormone offers hope for new obesity drug Professor S...New antibacterials being developed to tackle MRSA superbug
... ... The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus can infect wounds, including those resulting from...MRSA vaccine shows promise in mouse study
... The vaccine protected mice against potentially lethal infections with five virulent S. aureus strains, the researchers report in the Nov. 7, 2006, issue of the Proceedings of t...International scientists to present MRSA research in Liverpool
Experts in MRSA will meet at the University of Liverpool next week to discuss research that will facilitate development of new treatments for the potentially fatal bacterium....... Specialist from more than 20 leading research laboratories across Great Britain and Ireland, who work to further understanding of the bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, will present their findings at the conference. .....Single cell amoeba increases MRSA numbers 1000- fold
Scientists in the UK have found that a type of amoeba acts as an incubator for MRSA bacteria. As amoebae are often found in healthcare environments this discovery has implications for the infection control strategies adopted by hospitals....... The single cell amoeba, Acanthamoeba polyphagam commonly eats and digests environmental bacteria. It also engulfs pathogens such as MRSA. However, instead...Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950s pandemic, study suggests
An early type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that caused a global epidemic of infections in the 1950s has re-emerged as one of the community-acquired MRSA 'superbugs', according to a study published in The Lancet tomorrow (Saturday 2 April 2005)....... This "re-equipping and re-emergence" of a clone that caused a pandemic 40-50 years ago could mean that community acquired MRSA will spread faste...VUMC researchers find drug-resistant bacteria MRSA a growing threat
Infectious diseases researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are noticing a significant increase in the number of infections due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and the number of asymptomatic individuals who harbor the organism in their bodies.... In fact, in a recent analysis of children seen in 2003 at the emergency department of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children'...Tests revealed that three essential oils killed MRSA and E. coli as well as many other bacteria and fungi within just two minutes of contact. The oils can easily be blended and made into soaps and shampoos which could be used by hospital staff, doctors and patients in a bid to eradicate the spread of these deadly 'super bugs'....... Researchers are now desperately looking for funding to develop...