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Texas Tech Enters License Agreement for Technology That Combats Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Officials at Texas Tech University System’s Office of Technology Commercialization announce the signing of an exclusive worldwide license agreement for a chemical additive called an aptamer that makes certain existing antibiotics viable against antibiotic-resistant ...More

June 11, 2010

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Drug-Resistant UTIs Spreading Worldwide

A sudden worldwide increase in an antibiotic-resistant bacterium is cause for concern, according to a review in f1000 Medicine Reports.Faculty of 1000 member Dr. Johann Pitout, of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, urges the medical ...More

January 1, 2010

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Researcher Discovers Chemical Additive That May Make Old Antibiotics Viable Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs

A Texas Tech researcher said a recently patented chemical additive could break down the shield of certain types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The solution: A short chain of nucleic acid, called an aptamer, can effectively stop antibiotic-resistant bacteria from breaking ...More

September 10, 2009

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Common Antibiotics May be Best First Treatment for Children with MRSA-related Infections

Penicillin and other antibiotics in the beta-lactam family work as well as other antibiotics to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcuss aureus (MRSA) infections in the skin and soft-tissue of children and may help prevent further resistance to antibiotic treatment, ...More

May 26, 2009

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Mathematical Models of Adaptive Immunity

More than 5 million people die every year from infectious diseases, despite the availability of numerous antibiotics and vaccines. The discovery of penicillin to treat bacterial infections, along with the development of vaccines for previously incurable virus diseases such ...More

December 11, 2008

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Stick With Simple Antibiotics for Pneumonia, Australian Researcher Advises

Australian hospitals should avoid prescribing expensive broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid the development of more drug-resistant superbugs, according to a University of Melbourne study.The study, by PhD researcher and Austin Health Infectious Diseases ...More

August 26, 2008

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

Adverse Reactions to Antibiotics Send Thousands of Patients to the ER

Adverse events from antibiotics cause an estimated 142,000 emergency department visits per year in the United States, according to a study published in the Sept. 15, 2008 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. “This number is an important reminder for physicians ...More

August 12, 2008

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Researchers Analyze How New Anti-MRSA Antibiotics Function

A new paper by Shahriar Mobashery, a professor of life sciences at the University of Notre Dame, and researchers in his lab provides important insights into promising new antibiotics aimed at combating MRSA. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major ...More

July 29, 2008

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Incidence of Group B Strep Has Decreased Among Newborns but Has Increased Among Adults

Group B streptococcus, a major cause of serious infections, declined about 25 percent among infants younger than 7 days from 1999 to 2005, but increased nearly 50 percent among persons 15 to 64 years old, according to a study in the May 7 issue of JAMA.In the 1970s, group B ...More

May 7, 2008

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“Superbug” Outside the Hospital Poses Risk to Caregivers Inside

Infection control experts at Johns Hopkins are sounding the alarm for vulnerable healthcare workers to be on the lookout for a more aggressive form of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), called community-acquired MRSA. MRSA infections are resistant to ...More

September 18, 2006

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