Infection Control Today - Staphylococcus Aureus

Researchers Discover Why Old Schizophrenia Medicine Works on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

In 2008 researchers from the University of Southern Denmark showed that the drug thioridazine, which has previously been used to treat schizophrenia, is also a powerful weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria ...More

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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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NIH Scientists Discover Promising Target to Block Staphylococcus Infection

National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have identified a promising lead for developing a new type of drug to treat infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that frequently resists traditional antibiotics. The researchers discovered a system used by S. ...More

February 11, 2013

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Researchers Identify Mechanism by Which Staphylococcus aureus Colonizes Nasal Passages

A collaboration between researchers at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Department of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin has identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) colonizes our nasal passages. The study, ...More

December 28, 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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Chronic Exposure to Staph Bacteria May be Risk Factor for Lupus, Mayo Study Finds

Chronic exposure to even small amounts of staph bacteria could be a risk factor for the chronic inflammatory disease lupus, Mayo Clinic research shows. Staphylococcus aureus is a germ commonly found on the skin or in the nose, sometimes causing infections. In the Mayo ...More

August 9, 2012

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Selenium Controls Staph on Implant Material

Selenium is an inexpensive element that naturally belongs in the body. It is also known to combat bacteria. Still, it had not been tried as an antibiotic coating on a medical device material. In a new study, Brown University engineers report that when they used selenium ...More

June 21, 2012

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Repeated Exposure to Triclosan Reduces Virulence in S. aureus

Repeated laboratory exposures to triclosan reduced susceptibility to antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus, but probably not sufficiently to render commonly used antibiotics ineffective, according to a paper in the June 2012 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and ...More

June 19, 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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Low Levels of Resistant Bacteria Found in Chicago-Area Ambulances

Treatment areas of ambulances fared well when tested for dangerous bacteria, according to a new study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. Approximately 6 percent of sites sampled in Chicago-area ambulances tested positive for ...More

March 29, 2012

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