Topic: Staph Infections
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-22 20:03:24
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pneumonia and blood-borne infections caught in hospital killed 48,000 patients and cost $8.1 billion in 2006, according to a report released on Monday. The study is one of the first to put a price tag on the widespread problem, which is worsening and which some experts say is adding to the growing cost of healthcare in ...
AP Features | 2010-02-19 21:22:49
<div><p>Johnson & Johnson said Friday it terminated a partnership to develop a highly touted drug for MRSA and other dangerous skin infections, after European regulators rejected it over concerns that data from tests run by J&J isn't reliable.</p&gt ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-21 23:10:26
<div><p>Scientists have succeeded in tracking the patient-to-patient transmission of the multi-drug resistant MRSA bacteria, which they hope will allow for better control and prevention of the dreaded superbug.</p><p>For the first time, researchers have determined how MRSA spreads from one person to another, particularly in hospitals -- the setting ...
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 ...
