Definitive diagnosis of MRSA is not difficult. However, it may take a few days because, afterS. aureusis cultured from an infected site, the bacteria then need to be tested against antibiotics to determine not only what the bacteria are resistant to but also what antibiotic(s) might be effec...
It's kind of scary to think of a world filled with antibiotic resistant bacteria. I guess we just have to hope that there are people out there who are able to come up with new antibiotics as fast as the old ones stop working.
What Is Antibiotic-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus? Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus, often abbreviated to MRSA, is a type of staph bacteria. MRSA is considered a type of "superbug," because it has become resistant to antibiotics commonly used to treat it. Those antibiotics include methicillin,...
Silver has considerable antimicrobial activity, evenagainst many antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, and in recent years has increasingly been used inwound dressings to reduce bacterial bioburden1.Silver may be incorporated into dressings ina number of di erent forms, most...
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Lab tests can determine if a Shigella infection involves "extensively drug-resistant" bacteria. XDR Shigella have shown resistance to all of the typically recommended frontline antibiotic treatments: azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and ampicillin. ...
Understanding and operating these iron-based bacteria memories could lead to innovative strategies to prevent and combat bacterial infections, especially those involving antibiotic-resistant strains(菌株). Reflecting on the evolutionary context, Bhattacharyya remarked, "Before there was oxygen in the Earth'...
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MRSA, for example, is one of the more notorious antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains; it resists methicillin and other antibiotics used to treatStaphylococcusinfections, which are acquired primarily through skin contact.MRSA infections occur in health care settingssuch as hospitals and nursing homes, ...
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