Infection Control Today - Superbugs

NTU Scientists Invent Superbug Killers

The superbugs have met their match. Conceived at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), a solution comes in the form of a coating which has a magnetic-like feature that attracts bacteria and kills them without the need for antibiotics. The killer coating, which has shown ...More

May 10, 2012

Posted in News

Coalition Asks Congress to Approve Legislation for New Drugs to Treat Infections

Congress must seize the opportunity this year in “must-pass legislation” to head off a growing public health crisis – the inability to treat deadly antibiotic-resistant “super bugs” – by addressing the lack of new antibiotics in development. The Infectious Diseases Society ...More

February 23, 2012

Posted in News

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

Posted in News

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

Posted in News

UB Researchers Concerned About Virulence of Klebsiella pneumoniae

University at Buffalo researchers are expressing concern about a new, under-recognized, much more potent variant of a common bacterium that has surfaced in the U.S. ...More

February 17, 2012

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

Compound May Help in Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

North Carolina State University chemists have created a compound that makes existing antibiotics 16 times more effective against antibiotic-resistant superbugs. These so-called superbugs are actually bacterial strains that produce an enzyme known as New Delhi ...More

February 13, 2012

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Study Provides New Impetus in the Battle Against Superbugs

Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics. Researchers have mapped the complex molecular structure of an enzyme found in many bacteria. These molecules – known as restriction enzymes – control ...More

January 31, 2012

Posted in News

Corkscrew Structure Points the Way to New Weapon Against Superbugs

Researchers have created a new synthetic class of helix-shaped molecules which they believe could be a key tool in the worldwide battle against antibiotic resistance. By twisting molecules around iron atoms they have created what they term 'flexicates' which are active ...More

November 25, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Stopping Superbugs in Their Tracks

University of Virginia Health System researchers are the first in the world to develop a new and faster method to track major infection-causing superbugs – a major key in preventing the spread of deadly infections. Their research, published in the November/December 2011 ...More

November 21, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Bioquell Announces Launch of New Website to Raise Awareness of Superbugs

With an eye toward the continual rise in multidrug-resistant pathogens, Bioquell Inc. has launched a new website to raise awareness of many of the main pathogens that cause healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Designed to help healthcare professionals and ancillary ...More

November 1, 2011

Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Infections & Pathogens

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