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Promising New Antimicrobials Could Fight Drug-Resistant MRSA Infection, New Georgia State Study Finds
2015-12-02 04:28:14| drugdiscoveryonline Home Page
A novel class of antimicrobials that inhibits the function of a key disease-causing component of bacteria could be effective in fighting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the major drug-resistant bacterial pathogens, according to researchers at Georgia State University
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Drug-resistant TB patient treated in Maryland
2015-06-09 05:02:30| Biotech - Topix.net
Health authorities are working to identify anyone who may have been exposed to a patient with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis. The patient traveled in April from India to the United States, through Chicago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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Swine Farmers Show Increased Drug-Resistant Bacteria
2015-05-05 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Swine farmers are more likely to carry multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus than people without current swine exposure, according to a recent study by Shylo Wardyn and colleagues from the University of Iowa.
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Shigella: What to Know About America's New Drug-Resistant Bug
2015-04-04 03:56:41| Biotech - Topix.net
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week that the bacteria Shigella sonnei has become resistant to ciprofloxacin, the antibiotic that used to shorten the illness it caused and lessen its severity. The agency identified 243 cases of shigellosis in 32 states and Puerto Rico.
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Dartmouth Investigators Develop Antibacterial Enzymes to Combat Drug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens
2015-04-03 19:27:27| Biotech - Topix.net
The fluorescent micrograph shows gel microdroplets containing bacterial target cells or bacterial cells co-encapsulated with GFP labeled yeast . Yeast secreting active bacteriolytic enzymes kill co-encapsulated bacteria resulting in orange fluorescent staining with the SYTOX viability probe.
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