mrsa

MRSA is a bacterial infection that is highly resistant to antibiotics, which may lead to its popularity as a tag. MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus is the bacteria responsible.

Because MRSA is resistant to antibiotics, it is sometimes referred to as a "superbug."  Although MRSA is antibiotic-resistant, it can usually be treated with vancomycin. Recently, however, some strains of MRSA have developed some resistance to vancomycin, making it even more difficult to treat.

Most MRSA infections arise in hospitals or other health care facilities, but "community-associated" infections have been on the rise and are responsible for serious skin and soft-tissue infections and a serious form of pneumonia.

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• CT tests done to rule out pulmonary embolism often find something else

  
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  Primary care physicians need guidance about how to follow up on the growing number of incidental findings on CT angiography carried out to exclude a diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE), according to a study from North Carolina. In 589 such procedures, only 55 (fewer than one in 10) found evidence of PE, but fully ...
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• HOSPITAL NEGLIGENCE & INFECTION

  
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  We often receive calls from Virginians who have suffered from a hospital acquired infection, like a staph (think MRSA) infection. Often times these infections are very painful and require additional hospitilization. Sadly, they can also be deadly. Unless however, there is evidence of unsanitary conditions, improper ...
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• Healthy and Energy Saving Laundry with the Opura Laundry System

  
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  The use of washing machines or dryers has been a notorious culprit when it comes to doing laundry the proper way. And for establishments that are investing in such a business, the Opura Laundry System may yet change their fortunes, offering a new and energy efficient way of cleaning clothes while also offering a ...
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• Drug-Resistant Hospital Bacteria Could Be Inactivated At Their Outset

  
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  Most scientists believe that staph infections are caused by many bacterial cells that signal each other to emit toxins. The signaling process is called quorum sensing because many bacteria must be present to start the process. But the Jeff Brinker research group has determined that the very first stage of staph ...
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• NEJM: Antibiotics for pneumonia in H1N1

  
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  The New England Journal of Medicine has been running an open-access blog on H1N1 flu, and theyve put up a post on when to give antibiotics to prevent secondary bacterial pneumonia , including MRSA pneumonia , in flu patients. Theres a table of key clinical points to consider, and these important points are ...
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• Should Doctors Ditch the Tie?

  
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  Neckties worn by physicians may be contaminated with dangerous bacteria and viruses that are transported from patient to patient. The British Medical Association made a decision in 2006 that doctors should forgo wearing neckties because they carry germs and bacteria. The American Medical Association is looking at the ...
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• Service With A Smile

  
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  Hang on a minute, how could it be Wednesday already? Where did Tuesday go to? Thanks everyone for your very kind support, it’s much appreciated. I’m happy to report that all went smoothly at the hospital yesterday and I got home to the comfort of my own bed last night. My experience at the hand’s of the public ...
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• Plasma kills superbugs dead

  
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  Via KurzweilAI.net — This is good news for a serious medical concern. Device spells doom for superbugs BBC News, Nov. 26, 2009 A prototype  device that uses “cold atmospheric plasma” to rid hands, feet, or even underarms of  bacteria , including the hospital superbug MRSA, has been developed by  Max ...
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• Cold plasma demonstrates clean doom for bacteria

  
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  Cold plasma to kill super bacteria.
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• MRSA Infections Nearly Doubled Over Last 10 Years: Study

  
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  U.S. researchers indicate that there has been a 90% increase in antibiotic-resistant “superbug” infections since 1999, as strains circulating both in hospitals and the community continue relatively unabated. The study, published in the CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases medical journal, pulled data from ...
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• Antibiotics - the EU pipeline is empty too

  
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  Weve talked before about the shrinking number of drugs available to treat MRSA and about the challenges of getting new drugs to market . Well, its not just a problem in the United States. A new report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency ...
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• Eradicating MRSA With New Plasma Technology

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and unfailing bactericidal cocktails. Two prototype devices have been developed: one for efficient disinfection of ...
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• New plasma prototype devices may help destroy MRSA

  
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  Washington, Nov 27 (ANI): Two new devices have shown tremendous promise in fighting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), as well as other drug-resistant bacteria. The two instruments are low-temperature plasma prototypes, which have demonstrated in tests that they can pose a real challenge to these ...
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• New pig strain in China

  
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  Via Emerging Infectious Diseases comes the full version of a piece of research I posted on in September that was presented at the London conference Methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications. A new MRSA variant — not ST398 — has been spotted in pigs in China. ...
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• "Pig MRSA" in the EU - long-awaited survey

  
  Superbug — Authority: 118
  Its not very likely that people will be eating much pork today — OK, maybe some pancetta in the Brussels sprouts — and thats good, because theres lots of news today about MRSA in pigs . (In fact, theres a ton of news just this week. Make it stop.) The European Food Safety Authority has published a long-awaited, ...
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• Bacteria-killing prototype relies on plasma, could obsolete hand washing

  
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      Time to get your science fiction hats on, but leave the fiction visor off this time. The BBC has gotten all hot and bothered today about a newly published research report indicating a significant advancement in the field of plasma-based disinfection of both healthy and wounded human skin Read more: ...
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• Cellphones and deadly MRSA Bacteria. Protect Your Mobile Phone

  
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  Author: emfprotection Keywords: deadly MRSA Bacteria Cellular Health Effects Cellular Telephone Use Brain Tumors Cellphones Brain Tumors Radio frequency limiting exposure Dr. Oz air-tube headset bluetooth emf cellphone dangers cell phone tower radiation safe airtube headset dangers ...
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• Community MRSA rates rising, and epidemics converging

  
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  A study published Tuesday in Emerging Infectious Diseases makes me happy, despite its grim import, because it confirms something that I will say in SUPERBUG : Community MRSA strains are moving into hospitals , blurring the lines between the two epidemics. The study is by researchers at the excellent Extending ...
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• MRSA Strain on the Rise in Hospitals

  
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  Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) is spreading in hospitals and other health care facilities, a study shows.
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• MRSA Threat Larger Than Previously Thought

  
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  Washington, DC (AHN) – The rate of an infection-causing bacteria that is resistant to most antibiotics, is on the rise and is a more serious health threat than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said in a statement that from 1999 to 2006, the ...
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