Vigilance Urged for Community-Acquired MRSA
ATLANTA, March 9 - Community-acquired
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are
reaching epidemic proportions in many areas of the U.S., but most
physicians are not recognizing or treat them appropriately, researchers
here said.
NHS hospital to screen all in-patients for MRSA
By Celia Hall, Medical Editor (Filed: 23/01/2006)
Patients waiting to be admitted to
a leading London hospital are being asked to scrub up like surgeons if
they are found to be carrying the superbug MRSA
Infection control: Are we on the right track?
Joseph Masilamany
RECENTLY, the Health Ministry launched the National Influenza Pandemic
Preparedness Plan.
It unveiled contingency plans on how well Malaysia will tackle the avian
flu pandemic should the winged-terror make a landfall on our shores. A
meticulous plan is on the cards, including an elaborate simulation
exercise.
Grappling with infection
By DREW MARKOL, The Intelligencer
It used to be, wrestlers would stretch, jog and do some push-ups to
warm up and then start practice.
Today, the increasing threat of stubborn bacterial skin infections is
forcing the addition of another ingredient to that repertoire: application
of a cream that can help prevent such infections.
Team Slayer - Deadly bacteria easily creep into locker rooms, equipment
Erin Sullivan | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted January 15, 2006
The deadly bacteria always were contained to hospitals, feasting on
people with weak immune systems, people already sick. But the bacteria
have left the hospitals -- and they are stronger, tougher to treat. They
are bringing down healthy people, young people. Athletes.
Drug-resistant bugs find sanctuary in our noses
As many as 2 million Americans may be harboring the resilient staph
strain.
By Susan Brink, Times Staff
Writer
Many Americans need look no further than their own noses to find the
new bug among us.
Even as area hospitals and doctors report an increase in the number of
people showing up with telltale signs of a drug-resistant form of the
bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, a new study has found that the strain is
finding a cozy home in the nostrils of about 2 million Americans.
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