Deadly new form of MRSA emerges
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A lethal new form of MRSA is reported to be more prevalent among the gay community in the US.
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Health officials said the student had become infected with a virulent, drug-resistant strain of bacteria that is primarily spread in hospitals but that in recent years has surfaced increasingly in nonhospital settings.
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Montreal health officials believe the deadly C-difficile bacterium is spreading from hospitals into the city. Dr. Sandra Dial says she was surprised to learn that two McGill students became infected with the superbug.
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The billions of microbes that live on human skin also appear to change composition as quickly as shifting fashion trends, a new report reveals.
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Rates of infection with the deadly Clostridium difficile  bug rise in English hospitals, while MRSA rates  fall only slowly.
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The problem of multidrug-resistant TB may be even more severe than previously thought, experts warn.
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New strains of bacteria might make the popular vaccine less effective.
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Among patients treated at urban public hospital emergency rooms for skin and soft-tissue infections, more and more often the cause appears to be the antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' known as MRSA, new research shows.
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A drug-resistant strain of potentially deadly bacteria has moved beyond the borders of U.S. hospitals and is being transmitted among gay men during sex, researchers said on Monday.
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One single strain of bacteria is causing most cases of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus found outside hospitals in the United States, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A rare and potentially serious sexually transmitted form of chlamydia has turned up in a few patients in San Francisco, prompting health officials to issue a public warning.
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Mike Waites Health Correspondent, SCIENTISTS have identified a new strain of vCJD which could strike people previously unaffected by the disease.
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Sixteen hospital deaths in the Northern Trust area are linked to an outbreak of the superbug C. difficile.
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A study suggests that a virulent drug-resistant bacterium spreading in hospitals and nursing homes may be twice as common as once thought.
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The number of deaths linked to a hospital bug called clostridium difficile has outstripped those due to MRSA, statistics show.
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In the first case of its kind in the UK, a woman is suing a hospital for allegedly infecting her with the MRSA virus.
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The bacterium, called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is also emerging as a cause of pneumonia, which can be fatal. And while MRSA has been considered an uncommon cause of necrotizing