Tory Party Conference MRSA death 'shows NHS should change' says David Cameron

telegraph.co.uk

Oct. 1, 2008

An elderly man who watched his wife die in pain and discomfort after contracting the hospital superbug MRSA formed the inspiration for the most passionate section of David Cameron's speech.

CDC campaign to educate about MRSA

ATLANTA, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials announced a campaign Monday to teach parents how to keep children safe from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Nursing mothers with MRSA can be treated

DALLAS, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Conservative treatment can deal with nursing mothers hospitalized for breast abscesses and afflicted with a "superbug," Dallas researchers said.

Antibiotic treatment for MRSA up 8 percent

MALVERN, Pa., June 26 (UPI) -- Patients treated with antibiotics for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in U.S. hospitals increased 8 percent in one year, researchers said.

New superbug hype unwarranted

LONDON, June 16 (UPI) -- Recent media hype over the "newly emerging superbug," Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, is misplaced, British experts said.

Possible MRSA cure undergoing trials

LONDON, May 18 (UPI) -- A drug compound undergoing human testing trials in England could lead to a preventive treatment for the bacterial threat MRSA, British researchers say.

New Clorox disinfectant kills both MRSAs

OAKLAND, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- The Clorox Co. says its Clorox Pro Quaternary All-Purpose Disinfectant Cleaner kills germs including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.

New York reports 700 'superbug' cases

NEW YORK, May 4 (UPI) -- New York health officials say they have recorded nearly 700 cases of the drug-resistant illness known as MRSA in the past two months.

Combination of flu, MRSA killing children

BOSTON, April 25 (UPI) -- Health officials in the United States say that a combination of influenza and a resistant bacterial infection has killed at least 22 children.

MRSA drops significantly in N.C. hospital

GREENVILLE, N.C., April 7 (UPI) -- A North Carolina hospital says it has reduced the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

The power of the superbug discovered

SEATTLE, March 25 (UPI) -- The power of the superbug -- Staph aureus -- to overcome human defenses has been uncovered by U.S. researchers.

Testing all patients for MRSA is effective

CHICAGO, March 18 (UPI) -- Testing everyone admitted to three U.S. hospitals for Methicillin-resistant Staphlococcus aureus resulted in MRSA being greatly reduced, a study found.

Study: Risk of MRSA following face lift

NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- Four patients at a U.S. surgical center had Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, infections after face lifts.

MRSA screening may not cut infection rate

GENEVA , Switzerland, March 11 (UPI) -- Hospital admission screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus does not appear to reduce hospital-acquired infections, a Swiss study found.

No studies to avoid MRSA in nursing homes

BELFAST , Northern Ireland, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, can be deadly, but there is little on how to prevent it in nursing homes, an Irish review found.

Survey: MRSA control progress needed

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A poll of infection control experts says U.S. healthcare facilities aren't doing enough to protect patients from Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.