Infection Control Today - Staph Infections

Investigational Vaccine Not Effective in Reducing Post-Operative Staph Infections

Use of a vaccine to prevent Staphylococcus aureus infections among patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery did not reduce the rate of serious postoperative S aureus infections compared with placebo and was associated with increased mortality among patients who developed ...More

April 2, 2013

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UNMC Develops Library for Researchers of Staph Infections

Through the creation of a library of more than 2,000 mutant strains of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, the University of Nebraska Medical Center has provided an important tool for scientists around the world seeking answers for how to better deal with staph infections. ...More

March 7, 2013

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Strains of Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Show Seasonal Preference for Infection

Strains of potentially deadly, antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria show seasonal infection preferences, putting children at greater risk in summer and seniors at greater risk in winter, according to results of a new nationwide study led by a Johns Hopkins ...More

February 28, 2013

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Drug Used to Treat HIV Might Defuse Deadly Staph Infections

A new study by NYU School of Medicine researchers suggests that an existing HIV drug called maraviroc could be a potential therapy for Staphylococcus aureus, a pathogen linked to hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations each year. Their study is published online this week ...More

December 17, 2012

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Researcher Wins Innovation Award for Vaccine for the Prevention of Staph Infection

Boise State University researcher Juliette Tinker, associate professor of biological sciences, has been named the winner of an Idaho Innovation Award for her research on a vaccine for the prevention of staph and MRSA infection in humans and dairy cows. Tinker won in the ...More

October 10, 2012

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Vitamin B3 May Offer New Tool in Fight Against Staph Infections

A new study suggests that nicotinamide, more commonly known as vitamin B3, may be able to combat some of the antibiotic-resistance staph infections that are increasingly common around the world, have killed thousands and can pose a significant threat to public health. The ...More

August 27, 2012

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Household Contacts of Children with Staph Infections Appear to Have High Rate of MRSA Colonization

Household contacts of children with Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) appeared to have a high rate of methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) colonization compared with the general population, according to a report published in the June issue of ...More

June 5, 2012

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Scientists Investigate a Newly Emerging Staph Strain

Using genome sequencing and household surveillance, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and their colleagues from Columbia University Medical Center and St. George's University of London have pieced together how a newly emerging type of Staphylococcus aureus ...More

February 28, 2012

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Evolution of Staph Superbug Traced Between Humans and Livestock

A strain of the potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as MRSA has jumped from livestock to humans, according to a new study involving two Northern Arizona University researchers. Paul Keim, Regents’ professor and director of NAU’s Center for Microbial ...More

February 21, 2012

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Rainforest Plant Combats Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Strains

Aggressive infections in hospitals are an increasing health problem worldwide. Now, a young Danish scientist has found a natural substance in a Chilean rainforest plant that effectively supports the effect of traditional treatment with antibiotics. Jes Gitz Holler, from the ...More

February 20, 2012

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