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    Protein Complex Found In Breast Milk Forces Drug-Resistant 'Superbugs' Including MRSA

    A protein complex found in human breast milk can help reverse the antibiotic resistance of bacterial species that cause dangerous pneumonia and staph infections, according to new University at Buffalo research. In petri dish and animal experiments, the protein complex - called Human...
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    Nanosponge Mops Up MRSA Toxin In Bloodstream

    Scientists in the US have developed tiny sponges made from nanoparticles disguised as red blood cells that can soak up a broad range of dangerous toxins in the blood, such as from bacteria like MRSA and E. coli, and even snake and bee venom. They suggest their technology, which so far has...
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    MRSA Outbreak Mapped By DNA Sequencing

    Scientists have used DNA sequencing for the first time to effectively track the spread of, and ultimately contain, an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to new research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases... More...
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    New York City Sees A Rise In Community-Acquired MRSA

    Hospitalization rates in New York City for patients with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), a potentially deadly bacterial infection that is resistant to antibiotic treatment, more than tripled between 1997 and 2006, according to a report published in the...
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    Geriatric Facility Bathes Patients Daily With Antiseptic Cloths, Reducing MRSA Incide

    The introduction of daily bathing with disposable, germ-killing cloths resulted in a sustained, significant decrease in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) incidence at a Canadian geriatric facility, according to a poster presented at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and...
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    How MRSA Nasal Colonization Impacts Surgical Site Infections After Gastrointestinal S

    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) nasal colonization is associated with longer hospital stays and an increase in surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery, according to a new study from Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX...
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    Hospitals In Large Cities May Act As Breeding Grounds For The Superbug MRSA Prior To

    Hospitals in large cities act as breeding grounds for the superbug MRSA prior to it spreading to smaller hospitals, a study suggests. Researchers found evidence that shows for the first time how the superbug spreads between different hospitals throughout the country. The University of Edinburgh...
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    Quickly Spreading Gene Linked To Asian MRSA Epidemic

    National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and their colleagues in China have described a rapidly emerging Staphylococcus aureus gene, called sasX, which plays a pivotal role in establishing methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) epidemics in most of Asia. Senior author Michael Otto, Ph.D...
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    Optimizing Delivery Of Care For Patients With MRSA Infection: Focus On Transitions Of

    Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most prevalent pathogens in hospitalized patients and is a common cause of infection. It is annually associated with 2.7 million additional days of patient hospitalization, 12,000 additional inpatient deaths, and excess costs of $9.5 billion in the United...
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    Bed Bugs Carrying MRSA And VER Superbugs

    Not only are there more bed bugs about in North America in Europe, but more of them appear to be carrying two types of superbugs - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) - bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and very hard to...
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    How do hospitals detect MRSA?

    Could someone please tell me how MRSA is detected. I've checked Wikipedia, but it doesn't tell me. Most detail gets Best Answer!
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    MRSA and shrapnel wound?

    My brother is serving in Iraq and has the MRSA strain. He recently got hit by an IED and recieved shrapnel to the knee. For whatever reason, the doctors chose not to remove the shrapnel and left it in his leg. I'm concerned about him getting and infection because of the MRSA. Why would the docs...
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    my son has another MRSA?

    He is 16 months, he had one a few weeks ago on his groin now he has one on his leg. i had one and my brother had one as well, my brother and me both got rid of it our self. his by accident lol, it was on his butt and he sat down to hard. and my on the thigh i just keep draining it. now its gone...
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    If i live with someone with MRSA will i eventually contract it?

    ive been friends with this guy for 4 years, 3 of which he has lived over 500 miles away. we recently decided that we want to be together and that he is going to move back up here to be with me. we've gotten together so recently that we havent become intimate yet, but i am going to visit him this...
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    Does anyone know anything about internal MRSA?

    I just found out today that I have a really bad Urinary Tract infection and that I have MRSA in my urine. Does anyone know if this is contagious if it is internal and not from an open wound.
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