Doubt over superbug measures
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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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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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NEW YORK  - 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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Giving children antibiotics to ward off  repeat urinary tract infections does not prevent the problem  from returning and leads to infections that are resistant to  the drugs, researchers said on Tuesday.
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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
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Scientists say a system is needed to monitor the spread of a potentially fatal form of drug-resistant E.coli.
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Essential oils could kill the deadly MRSA hospital 'superbug', scientists have claimed.
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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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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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Officials at Kings County Hospital Center said that they were âclosely examiningâ why doctors there failed to detect a drug-resistant staph infection in a boy who died this month.
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An antibiotic-resistant germ is increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise healthy children and adults.
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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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Warnings could be introduced after analysis confirms high levels of bacteria and viruses.
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A trial to see if copper stops the spread of MRSA is being tested in a Birmingham hospital.
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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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The American Medical Association is concerned, but says more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made.