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IDSA calls on Congress to consider antibiotic approval pathway

The pipeline for new, lifesaving antibiotics is getting increasingly narrow in recent years and is a major concern with more and more antibiotic...
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MRSA outbreak in Anchorage NICU

Alaska state health officials say an Anchorage hospital is battling an outbreak of an drug-resistant organism in a neonatal intensive care unit.A...
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Phase I study for Staphylococcus aureus vaccine shows promise

  • staph aureus vaccine
  • May 9, 2011
An investigational vaccine for Staphylococcus aureus showed that it elicited a positive immune response in a Phase I study according to the...
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FDA warns companies making antiseptics to stop false MRSA claims

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent out warning letters to four companies who claim their over-the-counter (OTC) products have the...
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VA: “MRSA bundles” successful in decreasing healthcare-associated MRSA infection

In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, a combination strategy known as a “MRSA bundle” was shown to...
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SpectraShield N95 mask gets FDA approval

  • SpectraShield N95
  • April 14, 2011
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave its stamp of approval recently for a relatively inexpensive mask that can protect against...
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Manuka honey as a topical antibiotic

Researchers from the University of Wales Institute Cardiffsaid this week that honey from bees foraging on manuka trees in New Zealand have shown...
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IDSA issues policy paper to fight “superbugs”

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued a multi-faceted plan to fight antibiotic resistance and the creation of “superbugs...
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Ohio woman who used MRSA infected arm as weapon arraigned

  • Caroline Slusher
  • April 5, 2011
A woman who robbed a gas station last October using her MRSA infected arm as a weapon was arraigned this week on one count of robbery and one count...
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Hundreds of cases of “superbug” CRKP seen in Los Angeles County (video)

  • Los Angeles superbug
  • March 29, 2011
According to a Friday ABC News report, there were approximately 350 cases of carbapenem-resistantKlebsiella pneumoniae(CRKP) seen in health...
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