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Theravance And Astellas Announce The Commercial Launch Of VIBATIVTM (telavancin) In The United States

Theravance, Inc. (NASDAQ: THRX) and Astellas Pharma US, Inc. announced today the commercial launch of VIBATIV™ (telavancin) in the United States. On September 11, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved VIBATIV for the treatment of adult patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) caused by susceptible Gram-positive bacteria, including Staphylococcus...

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'Clever Cleaning' The Way To Beat Hospital Superbugs, UK

Just one extra cleaner on a hospital ward can save lives and money, according to new research sponsored by UNISON, the UK's largest public service union. The detailed study found that one extra cleaner, using targeted cleaning methods, had a "measurable effect on the clinical environment," cutting the number of patients who contracted MRSA and saving the hospital an estimated £30,000...

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Genetic Diversity of Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element in Staphylococcus epidermidis

Background The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300 contains a novel mobile genetic element, arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME), that contributes to its enhanced capacity to grow and survive within the host. Although ACME appears to have been transferred into USA300 from S. epidermidis , the genetic diversity of ACME in the latter species remains poorly characterized. Methodology/Principal...

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Novexel Starts Phase II Clinical Trial With NXL103 in Adults With Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI)

PARIS, November 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - Trial Will Compare NXL103 With Leading Oral Agent Linezolid for the Treatment of Multi-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Infections Novexel, a speciality pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel antibiotics designed to overcome the significant global problem of microbial resistance, announces today that its most advanced oral...

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VA chief orders full review of Illinois hospital

New problems that have emerged at a troubled VA Medical Center in Marion, Ill., have prompted Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to order a "top-to-bottom" review of the facility, Sen. Dick Durbin said Wednesday. Durbin and other Illinois lawmakers met with Shinseki on Wednesday after a report this week found ongoing problems at the facility, where nine patients died in surgery in...

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The Vitamin B1 Metabolism of Staphylococcus aureus Is Controlled at Enzymatic and Transcriptional Levels

Vitamin B1 is in its active form thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP), an essential cofactor for several key enzymes in the carbohydrate metabolism. Mammals must salvage this crucial nutrient from their diet in order to complement the deficiency of de novo synthesis. In the human pathogenic bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, two operons were identified which are involved in vitamin B1 metabolism. The first operon...

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MRSA Strain has High Death Rate

Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have identified a strain of MRSA five times more deadly than other known strains.

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MRSA Strain Linked To High Death Rates

A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.

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Virulent Strain of MRSA Resists Treatment

New research holds bad news for health officials worried about a potentially lethal infection called MRSA that haunts hospitals: A strain that infects the bloodstream is five times more deadly than other strains. To make matters worse, the USA600 strain appears to be at least partially immune to an antibiotic that's used to treat the condition, the researchers have found.

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Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: I Could've had Religion

So what about the good things we owe to religion? Architecture. Painting. Atheism. But especially music. I happen to be especially partial to Bach's B-minor Mass, but what follows isn't exactly chopped liver. Rory Gallagher was an Irish blues guitarist who lived hard and died hard, at age 47 of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Here he is, age 24, at The Marquee Club in London, April...

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MRSA strain linked to high death rates

A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.

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MRSA strain linked to high mortality rates

A new study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital study has shown that a strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown

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Rate of Skin Infections in High School and College Athletes Continues to Grow

NORCROSS, Ga., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent survey of nearly 650 athletic trainers across the U.S. revealed that in the past 12 months nearly 76 percent of the respondents' athletic programs, mostly high school- and college-based, bacterial or viral skin infections have developed. This is up from 73 percent in 2008 and 67 percent in 2007.(1) (2) The good news - infection rates of Methicillin-resistant...

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Newly approved drugs(FDA September-October 2009)

Here are some newly approved drugs, vaccines and some new indications for old drugs. Ofatumumab CD20-directed cytolytic monoclonal antibody indicated for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Pazopanib kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma Cervarix human papillomavirus bivalent (types 16 and 18) preventative cervical cancer...

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Globalization: Diseases Spreading From Humans To Animals, Study Finds

Staphylococcus aureus. (Credit: Agricultural Research Service / United States Department of Agriculture) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Oct. 28, 2009) — Globalisation and industrialisation are causing diseases to spread from humans to animals, a study has shown. Researchers from The Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh have shown that a strain of bacteria has jumped from humans...

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The MRSA Virus

MRSA virus or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a pretty severe threat to human health. Although the word ‘virus' is associated with the name, it is actually a strain of bacteria. However, the strain shows many qualities of virus too. MRSA,MRSA virus,MRSA Transmission,MRSA Virus Symptoms http://www.mrsavirus.co.uk/

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Bharatbook.com: Market Impact on Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Nosocomial Infections

A nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infection is a new infection that is usually defined as an infection that is identified at least forty-eight to seventy-two hours following admission, This type of infection is also known as a hospital-acquired infection (or more generically healthcare-associated infections). Marketing planners in the pharmaceutical or diagnostic industries should have an understanding

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The Valley Hospital Selects Sentri7 to Optimize Patient Care and Cut Costs

Clinical decision support system improves efficiency of pharmacist initiatives Bellevue, Wash. -- Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., software as a service provider to more than 1,300 hospitals in the United States, announced today that The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ has adopted Sentri7 to take its clinical pharmacy programs to the next level. With Sentri7, clinicians have a single point of access to lab