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Superbug Found in Half of ICU Rooms (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Wed, 11/02/2011 - 09:00

(MedPage Today) -- The persistent superbug Acinetobacter baumannii was detectable in nearly half of patient intensive care rooms in a single-hospital study, researchers reported.


 

Salmonella superbug on the rise

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Wed, 08/03/2011 - 11:24

A strain of Salmonella that is resistant to antibiotics has spread to England, Wales, France and Denmark, a study has found.


 

Last-ditch method at fighting intestinal superbug

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 12/14/2010 - 02:13

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A superbug named C-diff is on the rise, a germ that so ravages some people's intestines that repeated tries of the strongest, most expensive antibiotic can't conquer their disabling diarrhea....


 

Baby died after superbug hit ward

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Mon, 08/30/2010 - 06:30

A baby died and three others became ill after a superbug resistant to common antibiotics hit a London hospital, it is revealed.


 

Austria reports 2 cases of superbug gene

Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 08/27/2010 - 02:57

VIENNA (AP) -- Austria's health ministry is reporting two cases of a new gene that allows bacteria to become a superbug....


 

New 'superbug' hits UK hospitals

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Tue, 08/10/2010 - 18:06

Experts warn a new superbug that is resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics has entered UK hospitals.


 

Superbug's CPU revealed

EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases  Wed, 06/02/2010 - 22:00

(McMaster University) A team from the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research at McMaster University has revealed that a small chemical, made by the superbug Staphylococcus aureus and its drug-resistant forms, determines this disease's strength and ability to infect.


 

Study: Lesser-known bug a bigger hospital threat

Headlines from the Associated Press  Sat, 03/20/2010 - 07:13

ATLANTA (AP) -- As one superbug seems to be fading as a threat in hospitals, another is on the rise, a new study suggests....


 

Solution to killer superbug found in Norway

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 12/30/2009 - 17:09

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The floors are streaked and scratched.

A light layer of dust coats the blood pressure monitors. A faint stench of urine and bleach wafts from a pile of soiled bedsheets dropped in a corner....