antimicrobial resistance
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Deadly Superbug Yeast Sickens Patients at Oregon Hospital
A hard-to-kill, occasionally deadly fungus has once again popped up in a U.S. hospital. This week, Oregon health officials reported a hospital outbreak of the hardy fungus known as Candida auris. Though C. auris infections remain rare in the U.S., its presence seems to be growing, with these being the first ever reported cases in…
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Bizarre Outbreak of Tuberculosis Linked to Donated Bone Grafts, CDC and FDA Officials Say
A contaminated batch of donated bone tissue is the likely source behind a strange outbreak of tuberculosis, according to federal health officials at the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As many as 113 people who went in for spinal repair surgery are thought to…
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A Dreaded Superbug Has Officially Arrived In The United States
The US Centres for Disease Control has released a report in which it identifies over a dozen cases of a deadly, antibiotic-resistant fungus called Candida auris. It’s the first time this super-strain has been found in the US, and disturbingly, four of the first seven patients infected with it have died.
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The New Global Strategy To Counter Drug-Resistant Microbes
The World Health Organisation has a new strategy for fighting drug-resistant diseases like MRSA and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, which cost lives and strain healthcare systems around the world.