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Superbugs: Where Are the Wonder Drugs? Antibiotics are losing the battle against superbugs, and drugmakers are slow to replenish the arsenal.   |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2005
Sibyl Shalo |
Chief of Staph Nabi, a small pharmaceutical company, has found a way to make money by making vaccines. Nabi now aims to become the first company to market a vaccine to attack the deadly staph bacterium. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2003
David Nierengarten |
An Undervalued Biotech Nabi Biopharmaceuticals has revenues and a pipeline. Is it undervalued? |
Fast Company
May 2009
Elizabeth Svoboda |
Biotechs Wage War on Superbugs With antibiotic resistance on the rise, three biotechs are developing new ways to wage war on superbugs. |
Scientific American
January 2007 |
Meet Resistance Head-On With resistance to antibiotics growing at an alarming pace among pathogenic bacteria, Americans must become more aggressive with regard to early intervention in the processes that foster resistance. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Superbugs So long as antibiotic use remains widespread and excessive, superbug bacteria will be here with us. Read on about some of the most common North American superbugs. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2008
Michael Bonney |
Specialty Sales Gets No Resistance The author, a Cubist Pharmaceuticals CEO. has given his company a successful start and is now predicting the future of drug resistance. |
Health
June 19, 2009
Ginny Graves |
How to Combat the Latest Supergerms While some germs may be outpacing our ability to kill them, we're not completely defenseless. In fact, there are plenty of things we can do to slow their spread. |
Chemistry World
January 16, 2011
Hayley Birch |
Antibodies could lead to MRSA vaccine US scientists have developed antibodies against a protein belonging to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. |
AskMen.com
Harold Russell |
The Lowdown On Superbugs The overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to the development of resistant strains of bacteria, commonly referred to as superbugs. |
Nursing
March 2010
Delahanty & Myers |
3 bad bugs Acinetobacter baumannii, Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and infections that develop as a result of antimicrobial therapy, such as Clostridium difficile. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2004
Charly Travers |
Cubist Addresses a Niche Market This small firm is developing antibiotics to meet a medical need. |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Cubist in Neutral Cubist Pharmaceuticals' pipeline may be why investors are unimpressed. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2008
Brian Orelli |
A Super Superbug Testing Market Becton, Dickinson gets FDA approval of its quick blood test for MRSA, the so-called superbug. |
Chemistry World
July 15, 2010
Matt Wilkinson |
Biotechs plot path of least resistance Biopharmaceutical companies are moving into antibiotics, and filling the void left by big pharma. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
May 2000 |
Magic Bullets Under Siege ...Antibiotics---drugs that kill bacteria---account for much of our success in the war against infectious illness. But the miracle drugs of medicine are in danger... |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
Monica Heger |
Computer-Designed Drugs Could Thwart Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Researchers use computer algorithms to tweak enzymes that make antibiotics |
Wired
February 2007
Steve Silberman |
The Invisible Enemy The Pentagon created the perfect machine for saving the lives of soldiers wounded in Iraq. But then soldiers started getting sick. The culprit: a drug-resistant supergerm infecting the military's evacuation chain. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 57
David Bradley |
A Spoonful of Slime Helps the Medicine Go Down The slime that covers the flat-fish plaice contains an antimicrobial agent that kills Staphylococcus aureus, the bacteria causing concern in hospitals across the globe as its drug-resistant strains spread. |
Nursing Management
October 2010
Spencer & Gulczynski |
Cut down on SSIs Some surgical candidates may present with asymptomatic colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, risk factors for surgical site infections. |
Chemistry World
September 19, 2008
John Bonner |
Filling the antibiotic gap Resistance to currently available antibacterial drugs is causing growing concern among doctors who find themselves unable to treat common infections |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
Billy Fisher |
Prevnar Problems at Wyeth? New strains of bacteria might make the popular pneumonia vaccine less effective. While Prevnar might come under siege from superbugs, one doubts that Wyeth's stock price will become similarly cure-resistant. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2014
Lee Jones |
Our Body's Secret Weapon -- The Human Microbiome New research on the role of microbes in fighting disease is transforming the way medicine views bacteria. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2005
Charly Travers |
Growth Around the Corner? Despite a thin pipeline, small biotech Cubist Pharmaceuticals is hoping to ride the wave of prosperity. Investors, take note. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2002
Paul W. Ament |
Linezolid Its role in the treatment of gram-positive, drug-resistant bacterial infections... |
Pharmaceutical Executive
December 1, 2010
Walter Armstrong |
Vaccines: Progress in Preventing Bad Bugs Long on the sidelines of pharma R&D, vaccine development is moving to center stage as most of the big pharmas diversify, spreading their risk among the full gamut of revenue sources. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2004 |
Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help What are antibiotics?... Do antibiotics work against all infections?... What is "antibiotic resistance"?... Why should I worry about antibiotic resistance?... How do I know when I need antibiotics?... How should I take the antibiotics that my doctor prescribes?... etc. |
Scientific American
May 2009
Melinda Wenner |
Quiet Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria devoted to growth instead of "quorum sensing" communication could beat antibiotic resistance. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2005
Bamberger & Boyd |
Management of Staphylococcus aureus Infections Because of high incidence, morbidity, and antimicrobial resistance, Staphylococcus aureus infections are a growing concern for family physicians. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
A Study on Antibiotic Resistance Shows That Bacteria Aren't Just Out To Help Themselves Microbes that are resistant to the drug protect their weaker kin in the colony, HHMI researchers have found. The discovery upends traditional notions of antibiotic resistance and offers a target for new drugs against bacterial infections. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2000 |
Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help Antibiotics are strong medicines that can stop some infections and save lives. When they aren't used the right way, antibiotics can cause more harm than good. You can protect yourself and your family by knowing when you should use antibiotics and when you should avoid them... |
Chemistry World
May 6, 2014
Andy Extance |
WHO raises alarm on deadly bacteria The World Health Organization has warned antibiotic resistant bacteria could bring a nightmarish future, where seemingly trivial scrapes turn lethal, and currently routine operations become too risky to contemplate. |
Health
February 2008
Maryn McKenna |
How Not to Catch MRSA Here's your strategy to avoid the staph superbug. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2001
Thomas Hooton & Stuart Levy |
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Plan of Action for Community Practice Antibiotic resistance was once confined primarily to hospitals but is becoming increasingly prevalent in family practice settings, making daily therapeutic decisions more challenging. |
American Journal of Nursing
June 2008
Mary C. Vrtis |
Is Your Patient Taking the Right Antimicrobial? Ways in which bacteria become resistant to antimicrobials and the prevalence and costs of health care-associated infections resulting from antimicrobial resistance. |
Chemistry World
March 15, 2012
Andrew Shore |
Designer solvent hits hospital superbug Scientists from Ireland, the Czech Republic and Spain have found an antimicrobial ionic liquid that targets MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). |
Mother Jones
December 2000
Edwin Dobb |
Growing Resistance Is agribusiness squandering one of medicine's most potent weapons? |
Nursing Management
May 2009
Dawn M. Pope et al. |
MRSA Reduction: Myths and Facts To prevent the spread of MRSA, organizations must commit to implementing evidence-based guidelines and providing ongoing education to address misconceptions and individual attitudes. |
Chemistry World
April 2, 2013
Emma Stoye |
New diagnostic test lights up bacteria UK researchers have developed a faster way to detect Staphylococcus aureus bacteria using a fluorescent probe. The method holds promise as the basis for a new rapid diagnosis kit to identify infections in hospital patients. |
Chemistry World
February 12, 2015
Dinsa Sachan |
Target ignorance to tackle resistance After the discovery of the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) gene, which renders some bacteria resistant to most antibiotics, India has attracted global criticism for not being able to contain antibiotic resistance. |
Wired
May 22, 2009
Erin Biba |
New Germ Busters Outwit Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Researchers are testing new bug-killers that bypass the molecular pathways used by old-school antibiotics. |
Science News
January 15, 2005
Christen Brownlee |
The Beef about UTIs E. coli from beef cattle or other livestock may be causing drug-resistant urinary tract infections in women. |
Managed Care
December 2007
Lola Butcher |
Insurers Get Involved in Campaign Against Hospital-Acquired Infections Health plans prod hospitals to do a better job of addressing problems that kill nearly 100,000 Americans a year. |
Chemistry World
May 12, 2011
Mike Brown |
Sugars recruited in fight against persistent infections Adding sugar to antibiotics can boost their effectiveness and prevent recurrent and chronic infections, according to researchers in the US. |
Health
December 22, 2008
Ginny Graves |
Danger...at Your Local Salon Like hospitals, salons can harbor dangerous infection-causing bacteria and viruses, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and hepatitis B. |
Chemistry World
August 11, 2014
Phillip Broadwith |
Single shot antibiotic approved for skin infections Intravenous antibiotic Orbactiv oritavancin, from US firm The Medicines Company, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. |
National Defense
July 2009 |
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories 7 Deadly Myth article draws comment. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2001 |
Avoiding Resistance to Antibiotics-- When Do I Need an Antibiotic? When bacteria are exposed to the same antibiotics, after a while the antibiotic can't fight the germs anymore... |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2006 |
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American Family Physician
September 15, 2006 |
When Antibiotics Can Help A consumer's guide: What are antibiotics?... How do antibiotics work?... What is antibiotic resistance?... How can I prevent antibiotic resistance?... |
