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Article: Landmark VA Study Confirms Antibiotic Linezolid is Effective ...
Business Wire;  May 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections conducted to date, research ... vancomycin, for many serious MRSA infections. These include complicated ... Resistant Staphylcoccus aureus (MRSA) Infections," are published in the June ...

Article: MRSA infections cut by more than half.
M2 Presswire;  September 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... September 2008-UK Government: MRSA infections cut by more than half(C)1994 ... today, show that the number of MRSA infections has fallen by 57% compared to ... NHS to sustain the reduction in MRSA infections. The NHS Purchasing and Supply ...

Article: MRSA infections a growing concern in equine ...
DVM;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... antibiotics as well, making MRSA infections difficult to treat. About 10 ... sites, Weese says. Still, MRSA infections often are treatable, he adds ... than 80 percent of horses with MRSA infections survived, although requiring ...

Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL BLUMENTHAL, PATIENT ADVOCATES ANNOUNCE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 30, 2008 ;     668 words ... ... 100,000 deaths each year from MRSA infections in our nation's hospitals ... hospitals screen patients at risk for MRSA infections, including all patients admitted ... plans for reducing incidences of MRSA infections, and submit annual reports to ...

Article: More MRSA infections are headed your way: cases of ...
Clinical Advisor;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... virulence factor. About 75% of CA-MRSA infections present as skin infections ... area, the incidence of CA-MRSA infections more than quadrupled between ... account for about 30% of hospital MRSA infections. (5) [FIGURE 1 OMITTED ...

Article: CDC's Q&A on community MRSA infections.
Hospital Infection Control;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... CDCs Q&A on community MRSA infections How to prevent spread to others ... setting? Answer: People with MRSA infections that meet all of the following criteria likely have CA-MRSA infections: Diagnosis of MRSA was made ...

Article: MRSA infections observed during anti-TNF ...
Internal Medicine News;  August 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections, so he undertook a review of ... or adalimumab, 15 developed MRSA infections, had to stop TNF inhibitor ... Lichtenstein, who noted that MRSA infections may have a protracted course ...