Whole-genome sequencing revealed the spread of MRSA strains among patients, health care workers and the environment, including within — and even between — ICUs, according to findings in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Date: June 15, [...]
The Ottawa Hospital is reporting outbreaks of the superbug Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in two units at its General campus. Date: March 28, 2018 Source: Ottawa Citizen Author: Elizabeth Payne Excerpt: "Dr. Kathy Suh, director of [...]
A feat of "genomic sleuthing" has uncovered 173 secret outbreaks of the superbug MRSA, a study shows. Date: Oct 26, 2017 Source: BBC News website Author: James Gallagher, Health and science reporter Excerpt: They were found in [...]
Date: September 22, 2017 Source: News - Medical Excerpt: "Antibiotic use on people or pets, and use of biocidal cleaning products such as bleach, are associated with multidrug resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the home. This [...]
via WHO.org from WHO's official News Release Story: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/amr-report/en/ The biocidium news blog has recently featured an array of posts referencing various news and media outlets, and their respective takes and interpretations on the WHO's first [...]
via theWire.comby Lucy Westcott, theWire.com Story: http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/04/the-post-antibiotic-era-is-almost-here/361429/Pneumonia, Gonorrhoea, and urinary tract infections are among numerous infectious diseases reported to now becoming resistant to traditional antibiotics. Recently, the WHO released a new report indicating as much, [...]
via CNN.comby Jen Christensen, CNN Story: http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/03/health/mrsa-fda-drug/index.html?hpt=hp_t2The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its first ever Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP). In a groundbreaking move, the FDA has stepped up its efforts in [...]
via theStar.com By Jennifer Yang Global health reporter, theStar.comStory: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/04/30/drugresistant_bacteria_now_a_global_threat_says_who.html Growing fears of a post-antibacterial world could eventually become reality, as the WHO has released the results of its first global survey on the issue -the [...]
via RT.comStory: http://rt.com/news/155900-superbugs-un-antibiotic-resistance/"The implications will be devastating", warns Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's assistant director-general for health security. What he's referring to is the now very real threat of long-term and wide-spread implications of drug-resistant superbugs, [...]
via Reuters.com By Kate KellandStory: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/30/us-health-antibiotics-idUSKBN0DG11E20140430 UN officials have announced that the occurrence of superbugs -bacteria strong enough to withstand antibiotics- is no longer a prediction, but is extending and proliferating throughout the world. The UN even [...]
