Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/mrsa-superbug/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241408.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241408.phpThe management of tuberculosis cases in the European Union (EU) is not meeting international standards, according to new research. The research, published online ahead of print in the European Respiratory Journal, has identified key areas of priority for public action to combat the growing number of drug-resistant tuberculosis cases...Tuberculosis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241442.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241442.phpOver the last three years, gonorrhea has become increasingly harder to treat with antibiotics, making it now a reality that perhaps we may be facing a gonorrhea strain for which no current medications would be effective, researchers from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)...Sexual Health / STDs Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241155.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241155.php The World Health Organization (WHO) has ongoing programs to improve and monitor tuberculosis (TB). The WHO's 2011 report on global TB control provides the most comprehensive information ever collected on the problems and issues of disease, as well as deaths caused by TB and multidrug-resistant TB (i.e. disease marked by in vitro resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin)...Tuberculosis Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241083.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241083.phpBacterial resistance to antibiotics is growing exponentially, contributing to an estimated 99,000 deaths from hospital-associated infections in the U.S. annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One reason that this is happening is that drug resistant proteins are transporting "good" antibiotics, or inhibitors, out of the cells, leaving them to mutate...MRSA / Drug Resistance Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241007.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241007.phpScientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics. Researchers have mapped the complex molecular structure of an enzyme found in many bacteria. These molecules - known as restriction enzymes - control the speed at which bacteria can acquire resistance to drugs and eventually become superbugs...MRSA / Drug Resistance Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241017.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241017.phpManuka honey could help clear chronic wound infections and even prevent them from developing in the first place, according to a new study published in Microbiology. The findings provide further evidence for the clinical use of manuka honey to treat bacterial infections in the face of growing antibiotic resistance...Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240707.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240707.php According to a study by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA) in retail pork products in the U.S. is higher than researchers originally thought...MRSA / Drug Resistance Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240614.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240614.phpRetail pork products in the United States have a higher prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA) than previously identified, according to new research by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy...MRSA / Drug Resistance Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240632.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240632.phpDoctors and researchers of Hospital del Mar and its research institute, the IMIM, have lead a study describing a new pharmacological resistance to cancer. This new mechanism is a mutation in an oncogene called EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) causing resistance to treatment using a drug called cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody which specifically attacks the EGFR...Colorectal Cancer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240573.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240573.phpThe use of antimicrobial impregnated scrubs combined with good hand hygiene is effective in reducing the burden of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) on health care workers' apparel and may potentially play a role in decreasing the risk of MRSA transmission to patients, according to a new study from Virginia Commonwealth University researchers...MRSA / Drug Resistance Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240578.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240578.phpNew research published in Nature Medicine indicates that targeted drugs such as gefitinib might more effectively treat non-small cell lung cancer if they could be combined with agents that block certain microRNAs. The study was led by investigators with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J...Lung Cancer Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240422.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240422.phpAntibiotics in pig feed increased the number of antibiotic resistant genes in gastrointestinal microbes in pigs, according to a study conducted by Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service...Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240400.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240400.phpResearchers have designed a new laboratory test that can quickly identify the bacterium that causes Staphylococcus aureus infections. The findings have been published in the January issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular Proteomics...MRSA / Drug Resistance Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240357.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240357.phpExperts have long feared the eventual arrival of a completely drug-resistant TB (tuberculosis) - a hospital in India has reported the nation's first cases of a type of tuberculosis for which there are no effective drugs, making the TB virtually untreatable. Other untreatable TBs have emerged over the last nine years; there have been reported cases in Iran and Italy...Tuberculosis Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240005.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240005.php The knowledge that bacteria possess adaptable immune systems that protect them from individual viruses and other foreign invaders is relatively new to science, and researchers across the globe are working to learn how these systems function and to apply that knowledge in industry and medicine...Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240026.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240026.phpIn order to help stop sickness bugs spreading this winter, staff at Southampton's teaching hospitals are advising members of the general public to avoid the hospitals unless their visit is "absolutely essential." Currently, seven wards are not taking in new patients at Southampton General Hospital in order to prevent gastroenteritis viruses from spreading - resulting in a loss of 30 beds...GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239909.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239909.phpAccording to an investigation published in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, researchers have discovered that ear discharge and drainage (otorrhea) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after ear tube placement in children is not linked to an increased risk of needing further surgery or other complications, in compari...Ear, Nose and Throat Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239889.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239889.php Unique E. coli Protein May Be Not After All A bacterial protein recently thought to be a unique mechanism for utilizing iron may not be after all. Researchers from the University of Georgia, the Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Utah School of Medicine report their findings in the latest issue of the online journal mBio®...Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239893.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239893.phpBy manipulating the way bacteria "talk" to each other, researchers at Texas A&M University have achieved an unprecedented degree of control over the formation and dispersal of biofilms - a finding with potentially significant health and industrial applications, particularly to bioreactor technology. Working with E. coli bacteria, Professor Thomas K...Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239929.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239929.phpIn a bid to protect an important class of antibiotics for treating humans and reduce the development of drug resistance, the US Food and Drug Administration has banned certain uses of cephalosporins in food-producing animals. The federal agency announced on Wednesday that the prohibition order comes into effect on 5 April...Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239803.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239803.phpAccording to an investigation published in Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, researchers have discovered that ear discharge and drainage (otorrhea) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after ear tube placement in children is not linked to an increased risk of needing further surgery or other complications, in comparison to a diagnosis of non-MRSA otorrhea...Ear, Nose and Throat Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239645.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239645.phpDrugs used to overcome cancer may also combat antibiotic resistance, finds a new study led by Gerry Wright, scientific director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research at McMaster University...MRSA / Drug Resistance Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239312.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239312.phpA new study led by Harvard School of Public (HSPH) researchers provides a novel explanation as to why some tuberculosis cells are inherently more difficult to treat with antibiotics. The discovery, which showed that the ways mycobacteria cells divide and grow determine their susceptibility to treatment with drugs, could lead to new avenues of drug development that better target tuberculosis cells...Tuberculosis Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239112.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239112.phpA new study finds that patients who are moved into isolation during a hospital stay are nearly twice as likely to develop delirium, a potentially dangerous change in mental status that often affects hospital patients. Patients who began their stay in isolation were not at increased risk...MRSA / Drug Resistance Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239013.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239013.phpAccording to the World Health Organization, antibiotic-resistant bacteria are one of the top three threats to human health. Patients in hospitals are especially at risk, with almost 100,000 deaths due to infection every year in the U.S. alone. Now Dr...MRSA / Drug Resistance