WebMD (blog)
Oh No, Where Did It Go? When Things Get “Lost” In the Vagina
WebMD (blog)
TSS, both menstrual and that associated with pneumonia and skin infections, is caused by a super-antigen-producing strain of one of our normal skin bacteria (Staph aureus). Like many skin bacteria, Staph aureus can be found in the vaginas of between ...

Impact of MRSA Nasal Colonization on SSIs After Gastrointestinal Surgery
Infection Control Today
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization is associated with longer hospital stays and an increase in surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery, according to a new study from Scott ...
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Impact of MRSA nasal colonization on surgical site infections after ...
Science Codex
One hundred and one patients experienced SSI (9 percent), with the MRSA-positive group associated with a higher rate of SSI when compared to the negative and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)-positive groups (14 percent versus 9 ...

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Impact of MRSA nasal colonization on surgical site infections after ...
Medical Xpress
One hundred and one patients experienced SSI (9 percent), with the MRSA-positive group associated with a higher rate of SSI when compared to the negative and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)-positive groups (14 percent versus 9 ...

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Impact of MRSA nasal colonization on surgical site infections after ...
EurekAlert (press release)
One hundred and one patients experienced SSI (9 percent), with the MRSA-positive group associated with a higher rate of SSI when compared to the negative and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)-positive groups (14 percent versus 9 ...

DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN: Food safety is a big concern for North Americans
OregonLive.com
In one study, half of the beef, chicken, pork and turkey in supermarkets was infected with strains of the methicillin-resistant superbug, Staphylococcus aureus -- MRSA. So choose cuts labeled "no antibiotics added" or pick certified organic meats and ...

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Bel Marra Health Supports Recent Research by the Centers for Disease Control ...
Houston Chronicle
An example of one of the serious bacterial infections that can accompany influenza is Staphylococcus aureus (Staph.) Currently, the CDC is working with public health authorities to monitor and investigate bacterial infections that occur concurrently or ...

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Christiana Care Health System Involved in Key Infection Prevention Study
Infection Control Today
The study is comparing 10 hospital intensive care units that use gowns and gloves for all patients against 10 hospitals using current CDC guidelines for prevention of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and VRE (vancomycin-resistant ...

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Vaccine News Daily (blog)
British scientists trace spread of superbug through healthcare system
Vaccine News Daily (blog)
A new study from Great Britain suggests that hospitals in large cities may be acting as breeding grounds for the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus before spreading it to smaller hospitals. The researchers have evidence that ...
Big City Hospitals Act as 'Hub' for SuperbugsdailyRx
Combination of MRSA and Influenza Results in Multiple DeathsEnvironmental Expert (press release)
Superbugs in city hospitals moving to suburban hospitalsDigitalJournal.com
Medical Daily -Medical Xpress -BBC News
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Christiana Care Health System Involved in Key Infection Prevention Study
MarketWatch (press release)
The study is comparing 10 hospital intensive care units that use gowns and gloves for all patients against 10 hospitals using current CDC guidelines for prevention of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and VRE (vancomycin-resistant ...

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New South Carolina mom is latest victim of flesh-eating bacteria
Detroit Free Press
"It's caused by two usually common bacteria, streptococcus and staphylococcus aureus, and we all have them on our body. Then every once in a while they invade and cause a very serious disease. These bacteria have got all these powerful ways of ...

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Bacterial Resistance To Drugs Creates Window Of Opportunity For Biopharma Firms
Seeking Alpha
This creates a window of opportunity for small biopharmaceutical firms to develop novel antibiotics targeted at resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other similar organisms. MRSA strains of bacteria are ...

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Forbes
Staph infection puts a scare into Bay City's Burk
Victoria Advocate
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections. Most MRSA infections occur in people who have been in ...
How IBM Plans To Kill the Staph SuperbugForbes
Bacterial Resistance To Drugs Creates Window Of Opportunity For Biopharma FirmsSeeking Alpha

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Infectious Disease Special Edition
Texas Study: MRSA Screening Stems Infections, Saves Money
Infectious Disease Special Edition
by Kate O'Rourke Houston—An active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) program in an intensive care unit (ICU) can have a significant effect on MRSA infection rates and also saves money, according to a recent study.

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Unique Flesh Eating Bacteria Survivors Return to Sports: Fan's View
Yahoo! Sports
According to the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and their April, 2005 article titled, "Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Los Angeles," there is a link between necrotizing ...

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'Superbugs' created by US cheap meat
Disaster News Network
Everly Macario, whose son died of highly antibiotic resistant strain of bacteria methicilliin-resistant Staph aureus, joined the "Supermoms Against Superbugs" event, co-sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Pew Campaign on Human ...

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BBC News
Urban Hospitals May Act as Breeding Ground for MRSA
U.S. News & World Report
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland analyzed the genetic makeup of more than 80 variants of a major clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria found in hospitals. Their findings are published in this week's ...
Superbugs in city hospitals moving to suburban hospitalsDigitalJournal.com
No MRSA cases at Royal United Hospital in Bath for one yearThis Is Wiltshire
Superbug spreads from hospitals in major cities to regional healthcare centresHealthCanal.com
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Forbes
How IBM Plans To Kill the Staph Superbug
Forbes
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)–a strand of staph bacteria that does not respond to commonly available antibiotics–is scary stuff. It's the superbug scientists have been warning about for ages, the result of the last few decades' ...

Daily Mail
Big City Hospitals Act as 'Hub' for Superbugs
dailyRx
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of staph infection that is resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat bacterial infections. MRSA has become infamous among hospitals and other healthcare settings, ...
British scientists trace spread of superbug through healthcare systemVaccine News Daily (blog)
Combination of MRSA and Influenza Results in Multiple DeathsEnvironmental Expert (press release)
Superbugs in city hospitals moving to suburban hospitalsDigitalJournal.com
Medical Daily -Medical Xpress -BBC News
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Combination of MRSA and Influenza Results in Multiple Deaths
Environmental Expert (press release)
Two of the three people also were infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The three individuals included a mother and her two grown children.