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MRSA / Drug Resistance News Articles Archive - Page 6

01 December 2008

Hospital Legal Liability Insurance Reforms Have Led To Improvements In Patient Safety, UK

Combining Targeted Therapy Drugs May Treat Previously Resistant Tumors

30 November 2008

Beware A Rapidly Emerging Healthcare-Associated Infection: Acinetobacter Baumannii

29 November 2008

NHS Makes Good Progress Against Key Priorities, UK

28 November 2008

A Novel Target For Therapeutics Against Staph Infection

27 November 2008

Tamiflu In The Environment

Insights Into Process Of Malarial Drug Resistance

25 November 2008

'Roach Motel' For Nasty Bugs Of The Bacterial Variety Built By Scientists

Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms Could Be Spread By The Transporting Of Broiler Chickens

Mismanagement Of Antibiotics In Shared Habitat To Blame For Escherichia Coli Bacteria Transferring Between Humans And Mountain Gorillas

Cepheid Receives Health Canada License For First Molecular Diagnostic Test For MRSA And S. Aureus Soft Tissue Infections

24 November 2008

Himalayan Oregano Effective Against MRSA

Hospitals Could Be Fined Millions Of Pounds Even If They Reduce Infection Risk, British Medical Journal

23 November 2008

Delaying The Evolution Of Drug Resistance

21 November 2008

EU Grant Awarded To Develop Anti Infective Drugs, University Of Dundee, Scotlant

20 November 2008

FDA Advisory Committee Provides Opinion On Oritavancin For The Treatment Of Complicated Skin And Skin Structure Infections

New Study Reaffirms Quick-Med's NIMBUS(R) Technology Poses No Threat Of Bacterial Resistance

19 November 2008

Leaflet For Patients To Coincide With European Antibiotic Awareness Day Unveiled By The Welsh Assembly Government

18 November 2008

Launch Of European Campaign To Reduce Unnecessary Use Of Antibiotics And Fight Resistant Bacteria

15 November 2008

New Antibiotic Against Serious Infections Receives First Approval In Europe

13 November 2008

Spread Of US 'Super Bugs' To South America

12 November 2008

C Difficile Catching Up With MRSA

Best Practices Can Help Prevent Transmission Of Drug-Resistant Bugs - Hopkins Nursing Research Briefs

11 November 2008

Antibiotic Use Increases At Academic Medical Centers

Overuse Of Antibiotics May Make More Bacteria Drug-resistant

10 November 2008

Increased Incidence Of 'Superbugs' In Canadian Hospitals: Experts Call For Continued Investment In Infection Control Resources, Programs

07 November 2008

Accelr8 Announces Study Results With Rapid ESBL Test For Broad Resistance In Gram-Negative Pathogens

HIV Replication Inhibited By Herpes Drug, But With A Price

Praise For Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals Deep Clean, England

06 November 2008

TAU Pioneers A High-Tech System To Cut Hospital-Related Infections By Half

Deadlier And More Mysterious Than Ever: XDR-TB

05 November 2008

MRSA Success - No Cases In October , Cambridge University Hospitals NHS, England

Cepheid Molecular Diagnostic Test For Positive Blood Culture Bottles Categorized 'Moderate Complexity' By FDA

04 November 2008

Clue To Spread Of "Superbugs" Uncovered By OMRF Researchers

Kingston Hospital Reports Significant Reduction In Clostridium Difficile Cases, England

Dorset County Hospital Enhances MRSA Surveillance Programme Through Rapid Patient Screening, England

Avoiding The MRSA "Superbug," From Harvard Men's Health Watch

31 October 2008

Patient Safety In Ontario Acute Care Hospitals: A Snapshot Of Hospital Acquired Infection Control Practices 2008

Researchers Find New Chemical Key That Could Unlock Hundreds Of New Antibiotics

Reax™ PCR Assays For Effortless Detection Of Hospital Acquired Infections

30 October 2008

Handwashing Policies In Place In Virtually Every Hospital In Ontario, Canada, But Monitoring Hand Hygiene Remains A Challenge

Meat Evaluated For MRSA, VRE And Other Organisms In First Of Its Kind Study

Professional Sports Teams Should Use MRSA Screening And Other Aggressive Methods To Prevent Staph Infections

29 October 2008

First Results From Hospital Trials Testing: Objects Closest To Patients Are Most Contaminated

What The World Needs Now: Safe Non-Antibiotic Anti-Infectives

28 October 2008

Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces Preclinical Results Suggesting Potential For Once Daily Dosing Of Novel Oxazolidinone Antibiotic

New Strategy To Treat Common Infection

Efficacy/Safety Of Iclaprim In Patients With Complicated Skin Infections Shown By Phase III Data

Results Of United Kingdom MRSA Surveillance Program Using Cepheid GeneXpert(R) System Demonstrate Benefits Of Rapid Testing

27 October 2008

The Future Of Anti-Microbials Is Here

MRSA Is More Prevalent In Paediatric Healthcare Than Previously Thought - Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK

Targanta Presents Preclinical In Vivo Data Demonstrating Activity Of Oritavancin Against Clostridium Difficile Infection

24 October 2008

Researchers Find Clue To Antibiotic Resistance

Researchers Downplay MRSA Screening As Effective Infection Control Intervention

23 October 2008

NHS Meets Key Commitments On Waiting And Progress On Tackling Infections - 18 Weeks Commitment Met Five Months Early, UK

Test Shown To Reduce Mortality By 42% For Patients With Hospital-Acquired Enterococcus Faecium Bloodstream Infections

22 October 2008

European Researchers Harness Unique Properties Of Boron To Develop New Drugs And Diagnostics

21 October 2008

Patient Safety Authority Supports 'International Infection Prevention Week'

18 October 2008

Infection Control Experts At Briefing In D.C. For International Infection Prevention Week

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