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09 Aug
Hospital Patients Can Bring 'Superbugs' Home
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 9, 2024
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Patients discharged from a hospital stay are bringing antibiotic-resistant “superbugs†home with them, a new study warns.
Family members of...
28 Sep
New Antibiotic Could Help Fight Resistant Staph Infections
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 28, 2023
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New research shows that an antibiotic effective for bacterial pneumonia also appears to fight treatment-resistant staph infections.
The drug is ceftobiprole. It appeared successful in fighting methicillin-resistant staph infections, sometimes called MRSA. It showed simil...
07 Feb
Hispanic, Black Americans on Dialysis Face Higher Risks for Dangerous Infections
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 7, 2023
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Kidney disease patients on dialysis are 100 times more likely to contract a dangerous blood infection than people not receiving the treatment -- and that risk is borne primarily by Hispanic and Black Americans, U.S. government health officials say.
Hispanic patients are ...
20 Jan
A Probiotic May Equal Antibiotics in Fighting Staph Infection
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- January 20, 2023
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A probiotic supplement appears to clear the body of a type of bacteria that can cause serious antibiotic-resistant infections, a new study finds.
29 Jun
Antibiotic-Resistant 'Superbug' Now Widespread in Pigs, Can Jump to Humans
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 29, 2022
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A strain of the superbug MRSA has emerged in pigs that is highly resistant to antibiotics and a growing cause of human infections.
University of Cambridge researchers said this particular strain of
02 Sep
UTIs, Sepsis, Staph: COVID Is Upping Rates of Other Hospital Infections
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- September 2, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a resurgence in other infections that strike hospitalized patients, a U.S. government study finds.
The study, by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, highlights the broad toll the pandemic has taken. It found that rates o...