| Resistance can lead to the creation of a superbug and is one of the reasons penicillin has traditionally been used. |
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| Last year, an estimated 240 people died from the most severe strain of the superbug, which occurs when the infection enters the bloodstream. |
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| In 2005, it was announced that bacteria grown on Fucus have the ability to attack and kill the MRSA superbug. |
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| The adjoining bathroom was off-limits thanks to a suspected superbug case in the next room. |
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| In July, the most recent superbug, a type of Staphyloccocus aureus, was found in an American patient suffering from a leg ulcer. |
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| There, doctors confirmed Derek had the MRSA superbug which is highly contagious and readmitted him. |
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| When scientists are confronted with a new superbug, they turn to bioMérieux. |
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| On the positive side, Ontario has taken the lead in public reporting of superbug infections in hospitals. |
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| About 10,000 Irish patients contract the superbug each year. |
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| Because of his other illnesses the superbug had a field day and anybody that s ill has a hard job to shake it off. |
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| The absolute best-case scenario for a patient who becomes colonized or infected with a superbug is: no impact on health. |
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| This is a very important point-there is no one solution that will solve your superbug problems. |
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| You can use benchmarks internally to monitor your own superbug rates, such as MRSA colonization. |
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| It could be a particular floor or unit, program, or facility where you are focusing other superbug interventions. |
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| Dr. Hancock, a professor of microbiology and immunology, is testing peptides against so-called superbug infections. |
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| No, but nearly one in eight of these cell phones were found to harbor MRSA, the rampant superbug found in hospitals. |
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| A subgroup of the staphylococcus aureus organisms, it is referred to as a superbug because it is resistant to treatment with commonly used antibiotics. |
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| Three patients have caught a superbug in Kingston Hospital's intensive care unit, forcing staff to keep new patients in isolation while the area was fully decontaminated. |
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| When she went to hospital to have the wound examined she was informed that she was infected with a strain of staph bacteria, similar to the MRSA superbug. |
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| The C. difficile bacteria causes severe diarrhea and may have mutated into a virulent superbug over the past couple of years, according to reports. |
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| In these circumstances, the theory goes, a resistant organism is less a superbug and more a cosseted creature that can beat the competition only in the unfair arena of a hospital or a clinic. |
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| High Touch Areas: surfaces that are easily and frequently touched by healthcare workers and patients and are known from medical literature to be typically contaminated when a patient with a superbug is occupying that bed. |
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| Then there's the reliance on antibiotics by this industry: 6.8 tonnes of antibiotics were used in 1998, producing antibiotic resistant, superbug bacteria in the wild environment. |
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| The threats we face today from a superbug like SARS, for instance, or from Islamist terrorism can go global faster than any of the threats in the past. |
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| As a result, its cell wall is never attacked in the first place. Dr Noble was widely condemned at the time he did his experiment by people who feared the superbug might break out of his laboratory. |
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| It has the ability to kill many types of harmful bacteria, including the superbug MRSA, by breaking down their cell walls. |
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