Hospital superbug treatment hope
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Researchers claim to have  found a way to make MRSA vulnerable to the antibiotic it normally resists.
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Testing all new hospital patients for a dangerous staph "superbug" could help wipe out a germ that likely kills more Americans than AIDS, consumer advocates say and early evidence suggests. Yet few U.S. hospitals do it, and many fight efforts to require it. Why?
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A health trust may have to bring in new practices to better monitor the hospital bug Clostridium difficile.
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A hand-held probe could cut the number of patients who develop infections following operations.
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Preventive antiobiotic treatment for urinary tract infections in children may make subsequent infections more likely to be resistant to drugs, a new study suggests.
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Hospital superbugs are unleashed inside a bunker to explore how the infections are spread.
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Antibiotics could one day be used for more than killing bacteria and may help patients suffering from neurological diseases, scientists said on Wednesday.
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A British scientist invents a new test to identify the MRSA hospital "superbug" earlier.
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The MRSA superbug has played a part in 116 deaths in Northern Ireland in the past seven years, figures have shown. Nearly three quarters of those deaths occurred in the over-75 age group.
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An antibiotic-resistant germ is increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise healthy children and adults. That&#39;s according to two of several
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A UK company claims to have discovered a compound that renders the MRSA superbug vulnerable to the antibiotic it normally resists.
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There are reports a bacteria plaguing Quebec hospitals is more widespread and deadly than previously believed. After studying the spread of Clostridium difficile bacteria at eight hospitals in Montreal, a
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Hospitals can stem the alarming spread of a dangerous and drug-resistant staph infection by screening new patients and keeping them quarantined, say doctors who tried this novel approach.
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Drug-resistant bacteria are infecting more people in community settings such as prisons and public housing, and not just in hospitals where such "superbugs" can run rampant, researchers said on Monday.
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New ventilation units blast curtains of purified air between patients and nurses in Washington Hospital Center's emergency room. Outside, yellow tarpaulins and water taps can decontaminate people on the sidewalk.
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An antibiotic used to treat leprosy and tuberculosis is showing promise as a therapy for Parkinson's disease.
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Newly-released figures for hospital infections such as the superbug MRSA show Welsh hospitals are performing better than their English counterparts.