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Emerging multi-drug resistant infections lack standard definition and treatment

Emerging multi-drug resistant infections lack standard definition and treatment

(EurekAlert) Infection control practices for detecting and treating patients infected with emerging multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) vary significantly between hospitals. A study from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network, a consortium of more than 200 hospitals collaborating on multi-center research projects, found this inconsistency could be contributing to the increase in multidrug-resistant  Read More »

Giant virus on ice for 30,000 years could signal danger

(Whitsunday Times) THE discovery of an infectious giant virus that had been entombed in Siberian permafrost for 30,000 years has led scientists to warn of other disease-causing viruses and microbes that may escape from the frozen earth once it has melted. Scientists in France and Russia discovered the virus in samples of frozen earth taken  Read More »

Notre Dame chemists discover new class of antibiotics

(Notre Dame News) A team of University of Notre Dame researchers led by Mayland Chang and Shahriar Mobashery have discovered a new class of antibiotics to fight bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other drug-resistant bacteria that threaten public health. Their research is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society in  Read More »

Dengue dangers

(Fiji Times Online) THE Health Ministry’s dengue taskforce has placed particular emphasis on the importance of — once diagnosed with dengue — ways to restore yourself to better health. And with numbers looking to surpass 10,000, self-help at home has become too important to ignore, particularly for the population currently suffering from the infection. Last  Read More »

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