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Staphylococcal Infection

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    May 17, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Bacteria that caused flesh-eating infection more common than believed

    The story of a 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting a flesh-eating disease has prompted a microbiologist with the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System to speak out about the infection.
    The story of a 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting a flesh-eating disease has prompted a microbiologist with the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System to speak out about the infection. Aimee Copeland lost most of her left leg after the...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Sepsis, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Amoxicillin (drug), Ciprofloxacin (drug)

    2. Mar 14, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Funeral held for Calvert County family stricken with flu

    Lou Ruth Blake was the family's matriarch who sang in the church choir and organized gospel shows. Lowell Frederick Blake liked to make people laugh. Venessa Marie Blake was the ardent churchgoer with a contagious smile.
    Lou Ruth Blake was the family's matriarch who sang in the church choir and organized gospel shows. Lowell Frederick Blake liked to make people laugh. Venessa Marie Blake was the ardent churchgoer with a contagious smile. All three family members died...

    Tags: Swine Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pneumonia

    3. Mar 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. After slow start, flu season ramps up in Maryland

    It's nearly spring, temperatures in the 70s, yet the flu waited until now to ramp up in Maryland, killing three members of a Calvert County family.
    It's nearly spring, temperatures in the 70s, yet the flu waited until now to ramp up in Maryland, killing three members of a Calvert County family. Usually, flu season strikes earlier. By this time last year, the flu had been widespread and had already...

    Tags: Swine Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Vaccines, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    4. Mar 9, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Calvert County family members all had the flu

    State health officials say today that lab tests confirm all four members of a Calvert County family striken with a severe respiratory illness in recent weeks had the H3N2 strain of influenza A, a strain of the flu that has been going around this season. Three have since died.
    State health officials say today that lab tests confirm all four members of a Calvert County family striken with a severe respiratory illness in recent weeks had the H3N2 strain of influenza A, a strain of the flu that has been going around this season....

    Tags: Swine Flu, Vaccines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lab Tests, Medical Procedures and Tests

    5. Jan 31, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Norovirus most common source of hospital outbreaks

    Here’s something to think about when you go to the hospital: norovirus, a pathogen responsible for food poisoning and gasteroenteritis, causes more than 18 percent of all infection outbreaks and 65 percent of ward closures in U.S. hospitals,...

    Tags: Calicivirus, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics

    6. Feb 22, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  6. MRSA Staph Strain Developed Drug Resistance in Your Burger: Research demonstrates the need to use antibiotics sparingly in food production, researchers say

    U.S. News & World Report
    A bacteria strain that causes a hard-to-treat staph infection probably developed its antibiotic resistance in food animals, a team of scientists announced Tuesday. The strain of staph, known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA CC398,...

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Food Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gonorrhea , MRSA

    7. Feb 24, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  7. Meat blogging

    Change of Subject
    This week's theme at Change of Subject is evidently meat. The article The rise of Big Meat-bred super bugs Despite the public health risk of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the lobbyist-swayed FDA keeps easing regulations (Salon/Alternet) is the latest...
    8. Feb 9, 2012 |Story| WREG

  8. Garbage Juice: City Trucks Leaking Danger

    FAST FACTS:
    FAST FACTS: - City garbage trucks leaking dangerous streams of liquid on neighborhood streets - Tests show dangerous levels of bacteria in garbage juice - City says trucks not required to plug drain holes, which enables leaking Scott.Noll@wreg.com...
    9. Jan 13, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. The dirt on your dollar

    He gets around, that George Washington.
    He gets around, that George Washington. Spit crisp and slick from the ATM, he slides in and out of wallets, waiters' aprons, beggars' coffee cups, deli cash registers, the pockets of teens' jeans. Countless anonymous fingers have fondled that buck of...

    Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Viral Diseases and Infections, New York University, Foreign Exchange Market, Pneumonia

    10. Jan 9, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock

    Only 20% of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to people who are sick with bacterial infections, such as ear and urinary tract infections and pneumonia. Most of the penicillin, tetracycline and other antibiotic drugs used in this country are given to livestock that are perfectly healthy.
    Only 20% of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to people who are sick with bacterial infections, such as ear and urinary tract infections and pneumonia. Most of the penicillin, tetracycline and other antibiotic drugs used in this country are given...

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Urinary System, Agricultural Research and Technology, Drugs and Medicines

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