Staph Infections

  • New Test Uses Mass Spectrometry to Rapidly Detect Staph Infections
    Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a new laboratory test that can rapidly identify the bacterium responsible for staph infections. This new test takes advantage of unique isotopic ...More
    4 weeks ago
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Create Promising Vaccine for Staph Infection
    Boise State University researchers have created a new vaccine that shows high promise in preventing Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that can cause a range of illnesses such as skin infections and pneumonia. Each year, nearly 500,000 Americans are admitted to hospitals ...More
    October 24, 2011
    Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
  • Rising Rate of Staph Pneumonia in Children
    The rate of pneumonia in children caused by infection with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria has doubled over the past decade, according to a paper in the July issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Led by Dr. Maria A. Carrillo-Marquez of Texas Children's Hospital, ...More
    June 29, 2011
    Posted in News
  • FDA Clears First One-Day Susceptibility Test for Diagnosis of Staph Infections
    MicroPhage, Inc., developers of quick, easy-to-use diagnostic products for bacterial identification, antibiotic susceptibility and resistance testing, announces it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its KeyPath™ MRSA/MSSA ...More
    May 9, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Study Finds Livestock-Related Staphylococcus Strain in Childcare Worker
    A new strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria associated with exposure to livestock was recently discovered in one Iowa childcare worker who reported no contact with livestock, according to University of Iowa researchers. The discovery was an unexpected finding in a study ...More
    May 6, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Discovery of Two New Genes Provides Hope for Curbing Staph Infections
    The discovery of two genes that encode copper- and sulfur-binding repressors in the hospital pathogen Staphylococcus aureus means two new potential avenues for controlling the increasingly drug-resistant bacterium, scientists say in the April 15, 2011 issue of the Journal ...More
    April 12, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Staph Vaccine Shows Promise in Phase I
    A new experimental vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus has been shown to be well-tolerated, and to boost antibodies, according to a paper in the December 2010 issue of the journal Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. The vaccine was developed by Merck. In the study, ...More
    January 20, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Chemists Document Workings of Key Staph Enzyme and How to Block It
    Researchers have determined the structure and mechanism of an enzyme that performs the crucial first step in the formation of cholesterol and a key virulence factor in staph bacteria. Chemists at the University of Illinois and collaborators in Taiwan studied a type of ...More
    January 19, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Scientists Trick Bacteria with Small Molecules
    A team of Yale University scientists has engineered the cell wall of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, tricking it into incorporating foreign small molecules and embedding them within the cell wall. ...More
    October 7, 2010
    Posted in News
  • UCI Awarded $10 Million to Study MRSA Prevention Strategies
    A UC Irvine infectious disease specialist has received a three-year, $10 million grant to explore the effectiveness of new methods to prevent staph infections in people who harbor MRSA bacteria when they’re discharged from the hospital. The federal Agency for Healthcare ...More
    October 4, 2010
    Posted in News
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