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Ineffective monotherapies common in high-burden malarious countries
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(November 2, 2009; Nairobi) ACTwatch, a research project led by PSI, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, released evidence today that indicates that artemisinin combination therapy, the most effective medicines for treating malaria, continue to have a significantly low presence on ...1 week ago -
MRSA Strain Linked To High Death Rates
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A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.1 week ago -
Ineffective monotherapies dominating high-burden malarious countries
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Washington, Nov 2(ANI): A new study has shown that owing to high price of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT), the most effective medicines for treating malaria, ineffective monotherapies are dominating high-burden malarious countries.Dr. Kathryn O’Connell said that majority of malaria endemic countries changed ...1 week ago -
Winner Of First Healthcare Administrator Award Announced By APIC
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Deborah Friberg, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been named the recipient of the first annual Healthcare Administrator Award, presented by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).2 weeks ago -
Swine Flu Return May Cause Rise In MRSA, Warns Influential Expert Group
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As NHS hospitals face an even tougher winter than usual managing the rise in demand for beds alongside the second wave of swine flu, an influential group of doctors, scientists and patient representatives has called for the early discharge of appropriate MRSA patients to prevent a rise in MRSA infection rates.2 weeks ago -
TheraDoc Announces New Surveillance Tool To Track MRSA And Other Potent Multidrug-Resistant Infectious Diseases
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TheraDoc®, the leading provider of clinical decision support technology in healthcare, announced that it has started beta testing of a new computerized patient surveillance tool that will help hospitals monitor and manage screening programs for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), such as methi3 weeks ago -
Misuse Of Antibiotics Not The Only Cause Of Resistance
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The perception that antibiotic resistance is primarily the undesirable consequence of antibiotic abuse or misuse is a view that is simplistic and inaccurate, according to a recent report by the American Academy of Microbiology. The reasons behind the spread of resistance are much more complex, including appropriate ...3 weeks ago -
UM School of Medicine researchers find extreme genetic variability in malaria parasite
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Study in Mali, West Africa indicates possibility of vaccine-resistant malariaResearchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) have charted the extreme genetic differences that occur over time in the most dangerous malaria parasite in the world. While there is no ...3 weeks ago -
Online course in tuberculosis treatment launched
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New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Concerned that many physicians are no longer taught to diagnose and treat tuberculosis (TB), the World Medical Association (WMA) launched a new online refresher course here Thursday.Launching the course at the WMA’s annual general assembly in New Delhi, Julia Seyer, medical advisor, WMA ...3 weeks ago -
New Effort To Battle Antibiotic Resistance Rallies Researchers Throughout Harvard University
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded $5 million to an interdisciplinary group of Harvard researchers to launch the "Harvard-wide Program on Antibiotic Resistance." Headed by Michael S. Gilmore, Ph.D.3 weeks ago -
Researchers Present a Novel, Automated, Efficient Environmental Disinfection Technology That Significantly Reduces C. Difficile, VRE And MRSA
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In a study presented at the 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), researchers used a mobile, automated UV device to decontaminate hospital rooms at the Cleveland Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Ohio and analyzed its ability to remove troublesome bacteria, including C. ...4 weeks ago -
Screening All Patients For MRSA Unethical Says Expert
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Mandatory MRSA screening for all patients admitted to English hospitals is unethical and should be reconsidered, says Dr Michael Millar in an editorial published on http://www.BMJ.com.4 weeks ago -
Drug Resistance Weakening Revenue Lines Of Antibiotic Products
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Drug resistance is a key public health problem and also a problem for makers of branded antibacterial products, according to the findings of a new report. Traditional antibiotics: quinolones, cephalosporins, and penicillins, have seen their market share erode due to loss of effectiveness, while at the same time they ...5 weeks ago -
ICAAC: Three-Drug Cocktail Aimed at Resistant Flu (CME/CE)
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SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- A three-drug combination aimed at flu appears to overcome drug resistance -- at least in the test tube.7 weeks ago