Topic: Staph Infections
AP Features | 2010-01-21 18:56:39
<div><p>A new kind of genetic sleuthing suggests hospital outbreaks of drug-resistant staph bacteria don't always spread from one patient to another, but that numerous people — patients, visitors or staff — bring in the deadly germ.</p><p>The finding came as British scientists used in-depth gene scanning to track how ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-21 18:27:23
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a way to track minutely-differing strains of the "superbug" MRSA as they spread between people and across the globe, a finding that could aid efforts to control the deadly bacteria.</p><p>An international team lead by researchers from Britain's Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute ...
Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2010-01-13 23:05:50
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Polar bear droppings are helping scientists shed light on the spread of deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs.</p><p>Bacteria such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are a growing problem in hospitals and researchers are anxious to understand how they evolve.</p><p>Norwegian researchers said ...
Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2010-01-12 00:09:39
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Patients who undergo treatment at more than one hospital in Europe should be screened for the drug-resistant "superbug" MRSA to help prevent its spread, scientists said on Tuesday.</p><p>Dutch researchers who studied methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which causes difficult-to-treat infections such as blood poisoning and pneumonia ...
