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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 fast...

MRSA study demonstrates need for frequent hand washing and environmental disinfection in health care settings

A major cause of hospital-acquired infections can persist for days and even weeks on environmental surfaces found in healthcare settings, including bed linens, computer keyboard covers and acrylic fingernails, according to research presented today at the 105th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of ho...

MRSA use amoeba to spread, new research shows

The MRSA 'superbug' evades many of the measures introduced to combat its spread by infecting a common single-celled organism found almost everywhere in hospital wards, according to new research published in the journal Environmental Microbiology. Scientists from the University of Bath have shown that MRSA infects and replicates in a species of amoeba, called Acanthamoeba polyphaga, which i...

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, instea...

MRSA vaccine shows promise in mouse study

By combining the four bacterial surface proteins that generate the strongest immune response in mice, researchers at the University of Chicago have created a vaccine that significantly protects immunized animals from multiple disease-causing, drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections and a rapidly spreading source of community-associate...

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￡6000 to be refunded to Mrs. Leese for Herceptin treatmen

Jo-Anne Leese of Cheshire will be refunded ￡6000 the amount of money she spent on the drug Herceptin for her breast cancer treatment.// The amount is to be refunded by the Central Cheshire Primary Care Trust from where she took her treatment. Mrs. Leese got her claims cleared for the drug after the verdict that Herceptin should be provided to patients who wanted Herceptin anti-cancer...

Hospital Infections Like MRSA Affect The New Arrivals More

Research suggests that 25% of the MRSA infections in the hospital happen in patients who have been admitted newly to the hospital. The research was published in the latest issue of BMJ// online. . The bacterium can infect many sites; one serious form of infection is that in which blood stream infection occurs (bacteremia). A UK national surveillance scheme counts MRSA bacteremia by ho...

The MRSA Superbug May Yet Be Overcome

Scientists in Scotland have discovered that an ordinary kitchen sponge can play a prominent role in destroying MRSA superbug, which is capable of resisting many // antibiotics. It has already claimed several thousand lives. One single brand of the kitchen-scouring pad alone contains the cure to this on its surface. The antibiotic, according to reports can be grown on one particular ki...

Detecting MRSA Is No More A Problem

Dr Stephen Harbarth, at Geneva University Hospital, tested the new technique of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) detection assay on critically ill patients. He said that it could reduce // the incidence of these infections. It would also reduce the money spent in order to deal with these bacteria. This technique checks for the presence of the bacteria DNA in the patien...

New screening test for MRSA could reduce infections and costs

A team of researchers led by Dr Stephen Harbarth have claimed that a new screening test for MRSA could prove to be useful in reducing the // infection rates in hospitals and cut down the ￡1 billion-a-year cost incurred by the NHS in dealing with the bug. The new test tracks the presence of the "superbug's" DNA in patient swabs. The researchers said that this test was able to reduce the...

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Largest National U.S. Healthcare Facility MRSA Study Reveals Infection Rates Eight Times Greater Than Previous Estimates

'Superbug' Prevalence Data from 1,237 Facilities DemonstratesPublic Health Threat; Colonization and Infections Span All States,Across Healthcare Facility Units SAN JOSE, Calif., June 25, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TheAssociation for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology(APIC) today released initial results from a nationwide study of1,237 U.S. healthcare facilities, exam...

Nationwide MRSA Prevalence Study to Demonstrate Full Scope of 'Superbug' Threat Facing U.S. Healthcare Facilities and Patients

Broadest, Most Comprehensive Survey Provides New Benchmark on MRSAin Healthcare Facilities WASHINGTON, June 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thefollowing was released today by APIC: WHAT: -- First nationwide study of the prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a virulent multi-drug resistant organism, in U.S. healthcare facilit...