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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. |
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... |
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. |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
Killer Staph Is Hitting The Streets For the past 30 years, hospitals have been battling a mutant form called methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) that is resistant to penicillin-related antibiotics and is especially lethal. Now it's showing up in the general population. |
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. |
Scientific American
May 2009
Melinda Wenner |
Quiet Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria devoted to growth instead of "quorum sensing" communication could beat antibiotic 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. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Catherine Arnst |
Superbugs: Where Are the Wonder Drugs? Antibiotics are losing the battle against superbugs, and drugmakers are slow to replenish the arsenal. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2004
Charly Travers |
Cubist Addresses a Niche Market This small firm is developing antibiotics to meet a medical need. |
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... |
Chemistry World
April 2012
Anthony King |
Making Light Work Could light prove to be the ultimate weapon in the battle against deadly superbugs? |
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. |
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. |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2005
Michael S. Schroeder |
Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea Early diagnosis and prompt aggressive treatment are critical in managing C. difficile-associated diarrhea. |
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
December 7, 2012
Lucy Gilbert |
Bactericides reach new depths Scientists in the US and China have come up with a low-risk treatment for bacterial infections in a deep wound. |
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. |
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 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. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2002
Paul W. Ament |
Linezolid Its role in the treatment of gram-positive, drug-resistant bacterial infections... |
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. |
Chemistry World
March 19, 2007
Lionel Milgrom |
Gallium-Based Antimicrobials Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be killed with gallium. US researchers used gallium as a 'Trojan horse' to fool bacteria into thinking they were feeding on iron. Bacteria need iron to survive, but they cannot distinguish between iron and gallium. |
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). |
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. |
Chemistry World
February 11, 2011
Leanne Marle |
Fighting back against antibiotic resistant bacteria Scientists in Japan have revealed how vancomycin dimers are effective against vancomycin-resistant bacteria. |
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
August 18, 2011
Helen Bache |
Sugar injection to beat hospital infection A carbohydrate from the surface of the most virulent strain of the bacterium Clostridium difficile has been synthesised by chemists in Germany. The molecule could be used to develop a vaccine against the infection. |
Wired
October 2003
Richard Martin |
How Ravenous Soviet Viruses Will Save the World They're called phages. And they eat drug-resistant bacteria for breakfast. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2006 |
Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help What are antibiotics?... Do antibiotics always work?... What is bacterial resistance?... What can I do to help myself?... etc. |
Chemistry World
August 27, 2014
Hayley Simon |
Ionic liquids join battle against antibiotic resistance US researchers have used ionic liquids -- organic salts that are liquid at room temperature -- to disrupt bacterial biofilms and deliver antibiotics through the skin's outer layer. |
Chemistry World
January 8, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
New antibiotic could treat infection while dodging resistance problems A new antibiotic that can kill life-threatening bacteria -- without them appearing to be able to develop resistance to the drug -- has been discovered by a team of scientists. |
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?... |
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. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2001
Charles P. Mouton |
Common Infections in Older Adults Despite advances in antibiotic therapy, infectious diseases continue to be a major cause of mortality in older adults. The diagnostic and therapeutic nuances of managing infections in older adults create special challenges for physicians... |
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. |
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 |
Chemistry World
August 2, 2012
Yuandi Li |
Cleaning hands with light A quick way to kill methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other pathogens using a photosensitiser and visible light can be used to clean hands, say scientists in Germany. |
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. |
Chemistry World
August 13, 2012
Anthony King |
Non-stick coating gives biofilms the slip A new class of material has been created that bacteria find incredibly hard to stick to. An estimated 80% of infections acquired in hospitals involve sticky biofilms of bacteria that build up on surfaces and it is challenging is to reduce their growth on medical devices, such as catheters. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 73
David Bradley |
Gator Aid It's perhaps not the first place you would think to search for superbug-beating antibiotics, but alligator's blood could be a great source of novel compounds that could defeat strains of bacteria resistant to conventional antibiotics. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Thomas Goetz |
The Ultimate Diagnostic Device (By the Way, You've Got Drug-Resistant TB!) The CDC's goal of a tuberculosis-free society grew short due to the development of drug-resistant strains. But new standards for detection are in the works. |
AskMen.com
February 27, 2014
Patrick Owen |
They've Discovered Something That Might Cure Obesity. But It's Seriously Gross. The eternal battle between good and bad bacteria in your gut is greatly affected by your diet, sleep, stress levels, and general health. |
American Journal of Nursing
December 2011
Hubner et al. |
Original Research: Survival of Bacterial Pathogens on Paper and Bacterial Retrieval from Paper to Hands: Preliminary Results Paper is omnipresent on hospital units, but few studies have examined the possible role of paper in the spread of nosocomial pathogens. |
Chemistry World
January 3, 2013
Andrew Turley |
TB drug milestone for bedaquiline Bedaquiline (sirturo) has become the first drug to be approved in the US for the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis |
HHMI Bulletin
Feb 2012
Nancy Ross-Flanigan |
A Safer Shot at TB While trying to understand tuberculosis bacteria genes, researchers discovered a safe way to shut down the bacteria. |
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. |
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. |
