Bacteria found in ancient Irish soil halts growth of superbugs -- new hope for tackling antibiotic resistance
(Swansea University) Researchers analyzing soil from Ireland long thought to have medicinal properties have discovered that it contains a previously unknown strain of bacteria which is effective against four of the top six superbugs that are resistant to antibiotics, including MRSA.Antibiotic-resistant superbugs could kill up to 1.3 million people in Europe by 2050, according to recent research. The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes the problem as 'one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today.' (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Chemical synthesis breakthrough holds promise for future antibiotics
(University of Colorado at Boulder) University of Colorado Boulder chemistry researchers have developed a novel way to synthesize and optimize a naturally-occurring antibiotic compound that could one day be used to fight lethal drug-resistant infections such as Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 20, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Doctors' stethoscopes are 'loaded' with bacteria including hospital superbug MRSA, study warns
All 40 of the stethoscopes examined in a new University of Pennsylvania study were riddled with bacteria that cause hospital-associated infections, including the deadly MRSA bug. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Focus on pros and cons of drug-based medicine
New RCGP exhibit on drugs in medicine Related items fromOnMedica Double check patients with ‘penicillin’ allergy to avoid MRSA risk Medics oppose plans to change script drugs to over the counter Make greater effort to protect children from methadone GPs defend practice on prescribing statins MHRA tightens licence restrictions on valproate for women (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - November 29, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Hospital trust nurses celebrate ‘year free’ of MRSA for first time
Nursing staff at a hospital trust in Yorkshire are celebrating being a year free of the superbug MRSA for the first time. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - November 27, 2018 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Diagnostics Are Helping Counter Antimicrobial Resistance, But More Work Is Needed
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threats to patient health are becoming more widely recognized and diagnostics manufacturers are making significant progress in combatting the overuse of antibiotics. There is still a lot of work to be done, however. A recent health scare for Rick Bright, Ph.D., director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), HHS, the very agency working to combat emerging infectious diseases (EID) and other threats, highlights the lingering risks.Â
During the 10th Public Meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB...
Source: MDDI - November 20, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Daphne Allen Tags: IVD Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Natural antibiotic strips bacteria of their defenses
New research finds that an antibiotic derived from the spined soldier bug is effective against Escherichia coli and many other drug-resistant bacteria. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news
Antimicrobial resistance fight is not just down to GPs
GPs support greater role for pharmacists in tackling AMR Related items fromOnMedica Double check patients with ‘penicillin’ allergy to avoid MRSA risk GPs advised to avoid antibiotics for patients ’ coughs Patient safety alert issued on antimicrobial resistance Patients less happy with low antibiotic prescribers More action needed to treat TB (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - November 16, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
How mitochondria deploy a powerful punch against life-threatening bacteria
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Researchers discover that mitochondria play an important role in supporting the immune system's response against MRSA infection. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Drug resistance: Does antibiotic use in animals affect human health?
How does antibiotic use in animals affect drug resistance in humans? What role do intensive farming practices have in this dynamic? We investigate. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news
Antibiotic resistant superbugs 'will kill 90,000 Britons by 2050'
OECD says superbugs could kill 1.3m people in Europe unless more is done to tackle issueMore than 90,000 people in Britain will die over the next three decades unless action is taken to halt the rise in antibiotic-resistant superbug infections, a report has warned.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimates resistant infections could kill about 2.4 million people in Europe, North America and Australia by 2050 unless more is done to tackle the problem, which it describes as “one of the biggest threats to modern medicine”.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 7, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: MRSA and superbugs Antibiotics Health UK news Society Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science Source Type: news
Medical News Today: 'Simple modification' could help antibiotics overcome resistance
A simple way of linking vancomycin to an antimicrobial peptide led to a fivefold increase in the antibiotic's power against an infectious bacterium. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news
Baby died following MRSA outbreak at Belfast hospital
The unidentified baby who passed away caught the killer bug at the Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital in Belfast. Health officials are now investigating the baby's death. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
MRSA link to baby's death investigated
The superbug outbreak at a Belfast hospital affected two babies, one of whom recovered. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Think you're allergic to penicillin? Think again
People with penicillin allergies are more likely to get antibiotic-resistant infections such as C.difficile or MRSA, which can be life-threatening - yet 90 per cent are wrongly diagnosed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
