Doubt cast on superbug procedures
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Isolating patients with the hospital superbug MRSA does not stop cross-infection of others, a study reveals.
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Federal health officials said Thursday they would ask outside experts whether the benefits of an antibiotic linked to rare reports of severe liver problems, including several deaths, outweigh its benefits.
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The American Medical Association is concerned, but says more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made.
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A vaccine that has dramatically curbed pneumonia and other serious illnesses in children is having an unfortunate effect: promoting new superbugs that cause ear infections
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Warnings could be introduced after analysis confirms high levels of bacteria and viruses.
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An antibiotic proposed as a treatment for acute sinus infections should be studied further because of serious skin reactions associated with its use, federal health officials said in documents released Monday.
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Probiotic yoghurts are used to cut the risk of patients developing superbugs at a Sussex hospital trust.
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Government plans for tackling superbugs are not being based on scientific fact, says the Lancet.
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Questions are being raised about the NHS's ability to push ahead with plans to close services.
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The antibiotic is erythromycin. And the complication is sudden death. This is an antibiotic that most of us have been prescribed at some time or the other in our lives.
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Hospitals are told they must do more to tackle infections - including the MRSA superbug - at Welsh hospitals.
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Essential oils could kill the deadly MRSA hospital 'superbug', scientists have claimed.
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A senior House member wants to know how an infected man managed to get through U.S. Customs and Border Protection even though his passport was flagged in the agency's system. Lawyer Andrew Speaker is being treated at a Denver hospital as officials track down travelers who may have been exposed to the illness. Speaker's father-in-law is a microbiologist who studies TB at the CDC.
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Any surgery poses a risk of infection, but patients can help reduce those risks. Here are some steps recommended by the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, a nonprofit devoted to safer hospital care. This advice comes from the group's Web site.
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A hospital device used to measure carbon dioxide levels in patient tissues is being recalled after investigations revealed that the device probably caused life-threatening infections among 11 children at a Dallas hospital, the US Food and Drug
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The headlines are disturbing -- schools closing for disinfection, a 17-year-old dead from a drug-resistant "superbug." But health officials said on Friday it is no new emergency and the best way to deal with the bacteria is simply to wash your hands.
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Federal advisers heard conflicting data today about the safety of new drug-oozing stents used to keep clogged arteries open as the experts struggled to advise government regulators about whether the risks of the devices outweigh their benefits for millions of patients.