Pet owners beware, you could catch a superbug from just touching your dog or cat: Experts issue terrifying warning over spread of drug-resistant illnesses
A study has found evidence of multidrug-resistant bacteria being passed between sick cats and dogs and their healthy owners in Portugal and the UK. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
US FDA Approves Basilea Pharmaceutica's Antibiotic US FDA Approves Basilea Pharmaceutica's Antibiotic
The U.S. health regulator approved Basilea Pharmaceutica ' s antibiotic for bacterial infections including multidrug-resistant strains, the FDA said on...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
San Diego University Researchers Believe Bacteriophages May Be the Future of Eradicating Multi-Drug Resistant Superbugs
Clinical laboratories and microbiologists may soon have new powerful tools for fighting antimicrobial resistant bacteria that saves lives Superbugs—microbes that have developed multidrug resistance—continue to cause problems for clinical laboratories and hospital antibiotic stewardship programs around the world. Now, scientists at San Diego State University (SDSU) believe that bacteriophages (phages) could provide a solution for […]
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Source: Dark Daily - April 3, 2024 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing anatomic pathology Anthony Maresso PhD bacteriophages Baylor College of Medicine Candida auris carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter Carbapenem-resistant Enterob Source Type: news
Regional Decolonization Aids Multidrug-Resistant Organism-Related Outcomes
MONDAY, April 1, 2024 -- A regional collaborative involving universal decolonization in long-term care facilities and targeted decolonization among hospital patients in contact precautions is associated with better multidrug-resistant organism... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Regional Approach Effective in Reducing Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria
(MedPage Today) -- A county-wide decolonization intervention in nursing homes and among selected hospital patients led to fewer multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections, hospitalizations, and deaths across the region, according to the SHIELD... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 1, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Candida Auris: What to Know About the Fungal Infection Spreading Across the U.S.
(MedPage Today) -- Recent reports of outbreaks of the multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris (C. auris) are worrying health officials and experts across the U.S.
As of January 26, four patients in Washington with links to the same Seattle hospital... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 6, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
South Africa: 'Someone Had to Do It', Says SA TB Activist On Time 100 List
[spotlight] Phumeza Tisile from Khayelitsha was 19 years old when she contracted multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). She battled the disease for nearly four years, then lost her hearing as a side effect from the cocktail of drugs used to treat the TB. At one stage, a doctor told her to visit a priest and prepare her soul for death. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - November 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news
South Africa: 'Someone Had to Do It', Says TB Activist On Time 100 List
[spotlight] Phumeza Tisile from Khayelitsha was 19 years old when she contracted multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). She battled the disease for nearly four years, then lost her hearing as a side effect from the cocktail of drugs used to treat the TB. At one stage, a doctor told her to visit a priest and prepare her soul for death. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - November 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Strain of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Newport Remains Linked to Travel to Mexico and U.S. Beef Products - United States, 2021-2022
This report describes increases in human infections with a strain of multidrug-resistant Salmonella linked to travel to Mexico and U.S. beef products. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 9, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: Antibiotic and Antimicrobial Resistance MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Salmonella Source Type: news
Fecal Transplants in Kidney Recipients Reduced Resistant Pathogens
(MedPage Today) -- In the single-center PREMIX clinical trial, most renal transplant recipients were negative for multidrug-resistant pathogens shortly after receiving fecal microbiota transplants (FMT), with longer times to recurrent infections... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 2, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Breakthrough Promises Improved Access to TB Treatment Across Africa
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- An American drug manufacturer has taken an important step to open the way to improved access to the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) across Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 1, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Economy, Business and Finance Company News External Relations Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Tuberculosis United States, Canada and Africa Source Type: news
Africa: U.S. Drug Company Eases Access to Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment
[JNJ] Company continues to be focused on addressing perceived barriers to access and refocusing global efforts on the most-pressing barrier to access: underdiagnosis of the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 1, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Economy, Business and Finance Company News External Relations Health and Medicine Tuberculosis United States, Canada and Africa Source Type: news
Tuberculosis Could Be the Next Global Health Crisis. Is the World Ready?
For those living in affluent countries, it’s easy to forget about tuberculosis, which seems like a disease of the Victorian era. In the U.S., thanks to investments in public health and TB surveillance infrastructure, less than 600 people died from the disease in 2020. Compared to COVID-19, which caused 350,000 deaths that same year, it’s understandable why it’s not at the top of the U.S. public health agenda.
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But if you zoom out and look at global public health, TB gets much more scary. It is the world’s most deadly infectious disease, killing approx...
Source: TIME: Health - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anna Gordon Tags: Uncategorized Health Care Source Type: news
New Antibiotic Could Combat Multidrug-Resistant Superbugs New Antibiotic Could Combat Multidrug-Resistant Superbugs
The antibiotic acts on not one but three molecules that are essential to the construction of bacterial walls.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - September 15, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
NIH investigates multidrug-resistant bacterium emerging in community settings
Researchers study confluence of multidrug resistance and hypervirulence among Klebsiella pneumoniae. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 6, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
