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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. |
Health February 2008 Maryn McKenna |
How Not to Catch MRSA Here's your strategy to avoid the staph superbug. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
American Family Physician January 1, 2004 |
Painful Urination Why does it sometimes hurt when I urinate?... What will I need to tell my doctor?... What kind of tests will I need to have done?... How are UTIs treated?... What can I do if I keep getting UTIs?... etc. |
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. |
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. |
CRM May 2015 Marshall Lager |
Customer Experience: Code Blue In any service-based enterprise, not just healthcare, you've got to remember there's a world outside your door. Even if you can't fix it, you've got to consider it. |
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 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). |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |