Superbugs

“Healing Clays” Show Promise for Fighting MRSA Infections

NEW ORLEANS -- Mud may be coming to a medicine cabinet or pharmacy near you. Scientists in Arizona report that minerals from clay could form the basis of a new generation of inexpensive, highly-effective antimicrobials for fighting MRSA infections that are moving out of ...More
April 7, 2008
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Hand Hygiene
MRSA in Hospital Intensive Care Units … What's Growing Where?

Researchers are finding out which bugs grow in intensive care units to develop a novel sampling regime that would indicate the threat of MRSA and other superbugs in the environment. This news was announced at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting being ...More
March 31, 2008
Posted in News
Scientists Uncover How Superbug Resists Body’s Natural Defenses

Dr. Ferric Fang and his colleagues at the UW have uncovered the mechanisms through which the bacteria Staph aureus, seen here in clusters under an electron microscope, can protect itself against our body's natural defenses. Fang's research was featured on the cover of ...More
March 25, 2008
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Bacteria in Urinary Tract Infections Invade Bladder Cells

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found definitive proof that some of the bacteria that plague women with urinary tract infections (UTIs) are entrenched inside human bladder cells. The finding confirms a controversial revision of ...More
December 18, 2007
Posted in News
Infectious Diseases Experts Issue New Strategies Report to Address Growing "Superbug" Problem

ARLINGTON, Va. -- A new report presented today in Atlanta at a key meeting of federal policymakers and infectious diseases experts outlines a three-pronged strategy to address the growing public health and patient safety crisis of antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" and other ...More
December 13, 2007
Posted in News
Battling the Superbugs

Sometimes, the laws of evolution play against us. Just as the turning of centuries and generations have made we mere humans a stronger, healthier race, so to have the years been kind to our nemeses.The organisms that lurk in today’s healthcare environments are more ...More
October 29, 2007
Posted in Articles
Hospitals Adopt STERIS Advanced Room Sterilization Technology in the Fight Against Superbugs

MENTOR, Ohio -- STERIS Corporation announces it has received the first orders for its VaproSure Room Sterilizer from several U.S. hospitals. The VaproSure Room Sterilizer incorporates STERIS patented technologies and is the first product of its kind for the healthcare ...More
October 24, 2007
Posted in News
Oral Antibiotics Effective to Treat Severe Urinary Tract Infections

Although doctors routinely use IV antibiotics to cure patients with severe urinary tract infections (UTI), a new review from suggests that oral antibiotics work just as well — from treating acute symptoms to preventing long-term complications of UTI. In light of this ...More
October 16, 2007
Posted in News
FDA Approves DORIBAX™ for the Treatment of Complicated Intra-Abdominal and Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

RARITAN, N.J. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved DORIBAXTM (doripenem for injection) as a new treatment for complicated intra-abdominal and complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis. DORIBAX has demonstrated activity against a ...More
October 15, 2007
Posted in News
Infectious Diseases Experts Applaud Bill Against "Bad Bugs"

ARLINGTON, Va. -- With extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, life-threatening drug-resistant respiratory and skin infections, and other "bad bugs" routinely making headlines, infectious diseases physicians are applauding Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) and Rep. Michael Ferguson ...More
October 1, 2007
Posted in News