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  • August 2008

    • Superbugs May Push Us Into World Without Antibiotics

      New Yorker  |  Aug 7, 08 1:11 PM CDT

      Superbugs May Push Us Into World Without Antibiotics

      (Newser) - Antibiotic-resistant microbes don’t just open us up to dangerous illnesses—they also cost the American economy well over $5 billion annually, the New Yorker reports. And one expert says around 70% of the antibiotics produced in the US wind up in agriculture: "We've created a petri dish in our factory farms for the evolution of dangerous pathogens." More »

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      New Yorker magazine  • antibiotics  • drug-resistant bacteria

  • March 2008

    • Screening Isn't Slowing Staph: Study

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 12, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Screening Isn't Slowing Staph: Study

      (Newser) - Widespread screening of hospital patients for the drug-resistant staph bacteria MRSA doesn’t appear to reduce the number of infections, a new study finds. Swiss researchers screened more than 10,000 patients for the superbug when they were admitted to the University of Geneva Hospitals. Another 10,000 weren’t tested. The rates of MRSA infections were similar for both groups, the Chicago Tribune reports.  More »

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      infection  • epidemic  • antibiotics  • staph infections  • MRSA  • epidemiology  • JAMA  • drug-resistant bacteria

  • February 2008

    • New E. coli Strains Could Spell Epidemic

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 19, 08 12:57 PM CST

      New E. coli Strains Could Spell Epidemic

      (Newser) - New drug-resistant strains of E. coli have doctors worried that the mutant bacteria could become a superbug to rival MRSA, the drug-resistant form of staphylococcus that kills hundreds hospital patients each year, the Daily Telegraph reports. The spread of the new E.coli strains must be carefully tracked to avoid an epidemic, Canadian scientists write in a new paper. More »

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      epidemic  • E. coli  • MRSA  • food poisoning  • drug-resistant bacteria  • stomach bug

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