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Gram-Negative Bacteria

Paper Describes Novel Anti-Infective Agent Against Both Gram-Positive and Negative Pathogens

The current public health war against bacterial infections is rapidly approaching a critical stage, in which bacterial resistance to antibiotics becomes widespread and our reservoirs of available antibiotics and viable therapeutics are depleted. During the past 60 years, ...More
November 14, 2011
Posted in News
Survey Reveals ID Specialists' Therapy Choice for Treatment of Gram-Negative Infections

Decision Resources, a research and advisory firm for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the majority (65 percent) of surveyed U.S. infectious disease specialists chose Merck’s Primaxin/Tienam (imipenem/cilastatin) as the most efficacious therapy for the ...More
March 29, 2011
Posted in News
Researchers Examine Outcome of Necrotizing Fasciitis Depending on the Pathogen

Monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis is rapidly progressive and life-threatening. Ching-Yu Lee, of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, and colleagues, sought to ascertain whether the clinical presentation and outcome for patients ...More
January 5, 2011
Posted in News
Insulin May Reduce Several Inflammatory Factors Induced by Bacterial Infection

Treating intensive care patients who develop life-threatening bacterial infections, or septicemia, with insulin potentially could reduce their chances of succumbing to the infection, if results of a new preliminary study can be replicated in a larger study. A paper ...More
September 9, 2010
Posted in News
Swift Actions Stop Outbreak at Dallas Hospital

Rapid identification and aggressive infection control measures allowed a Dallas hospital to stop the spread of Acinetobacter baumannii. ...More
July 13, 2010
Posted in News
Scientists Crack Code of Critical Bacterial Defense Mechanism

By Emily CaldwellScientists have combined chemistry and biology research techniques to explain how certain bacteria grow structures on their surfaces that allow them to simultaneously cause illness and protect themselves from the body’s defenses.The researchers are ...More
April 26, 2010
Posted in News
Control and Prevention of MDROs

While multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE), Clostridium difficile (C. diff) and certain Gram-negative bacilli (GNB ) continue to alarm the general public and are frequently ...More
October 15, 2009
Posted in Articles
Gram-Positive Bacteria are Bad Breath’s Culprit

A quick breath check in the palm of your hand can never give accurate results. Whether you're about to lean in for a smooch or start a job interview, you're better off asking a trusted friend if your breath is sweet. But what if a friend isn't around when you need ...More
May 18, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Gram-Negative Rods in Neonatal ICUs

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found a high frequency of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative rods (GNRs) in two of the largest neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the city of Manila, Philippines. Improved infection control methods could ...More
May 15, 2009
Posted in News
Running Out of Options to Fight Superbugs

People are dying from "superbugs" because our antibiotic arsenal has run dry, leaving the world without sufficient weapons to fight ever-changing bacteria, warn infectious disease researchers at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.In a Jan. 29 perspective in ...More
January 29, 2009
Posted in News

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