Science news articles about 'staph bacteria'
Bacteria's sticky glue is clue to vaccine says scientist
... even after they have been cured by antibiotics, it indicates that their bodies have not become immune to Staph bacteria," said Professor Gerald Pier from Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. Staph ...Staph germs harder than ever to treat, studies say
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drug-resistant staph bacteria picked up in ordinary community settings are increasingly acquiring "superbug" powers and causing far more serious illnesses than they have in the ...Resistent Staph Bacteria Has Met Its Match: Blue Light
... of quelling almost any one-celled invader.However, today this is not the case. Today’s bacteria are getting faster, stronger and more resistant to even our most aggressive antibiotics. This has ...Swimmers at public beaches show increased risk of exposure to contagious staph bacteria
... exposure might lead to staph infection since people colonized with the bacteria carry it into the water ... potentially virulent variety of antibiotic resistant staph, commonly known as MRSA, makes up less ...Genes key to staph disease severity, drug resistance found hitchhiking together
... is through horizontal gene transfer, whereby resistance genes move from one bacterium to another. Staph bacteria also can exchange virulence genes using the same mechanism, but this was previously ...Dangerous staph germs found at West Coast beaches
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Scientists have found dangerous staph bacteria in sand and water samples from five beaches along the west coast of Washington state....More severe bone infections, health complications in children linked to MRSA, researchers find
... osteomyelitis, a bone infection that predominantly occurs in children, is usually caused by the staph bacteria. Treatment has traditionally been straightforward because most S. aureus bacteria can be ...New Antibiotic Beats Superbugs at Their Own Game
By targeting the gene that confers resistance to antibiotics, a new drug may be able to finally outwit drug-resistant staph bacteria.UCSF study shows sharp national rise in skin infections, MRSA suspected
... abscesses or cellulitis, which Hersh called the hallmark signs of infections from the variety of staph bacteria known as MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Those infections rose ...Researchers downplay MRSA screening as effective infection control intervention
... for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, in hospitalized patients. MRSA is a strain of Staph bacteria that does not respond to penicillin and related antibiotics, but can be treated ...
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