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Resistant Staph Infection - Articles
Blue Light Destroys Antibiotic-resistant Staph Infection
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Ed H.
Posted
Mon 02 Feb 2009 10:46pm
Two common strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA, were virtually eradicated in the laboratory by exposing them to a wavelength of blue light, in a process called photo-irradiation.
Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections represent an important and increasing public health threat. At present, fewer tha ...
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Staph Infections (MRSA): What You Do to Prevent Them
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Alice C.
Posted
Tue 14 Oct 2008 4:59am
Hi All!
I saw another article regarding this topic so I thought I might as well weigh in on it. There is a lot of talk about MRSA infections or antibiotic resistant staph infection. This is sometimes referred to as a Super Bug. There are only a couple of antibiotics that will kill it and those are pretty powerful drugs. So, how did it get ...
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Staph infections
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Dr. Robert O.
Posted
Thu 18 Jun 2009 1:03am
I had a patient ask about her father who I was treating for a sternal wound infection after a coronary bypass operation. She asked what MRSA was as she'd been told her father was infected with it and she was concerned over stories she'd heard on TV.
MRSA is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (staph) aureus bacteria that's become an increasi ...
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Vitamin B3 May Offer New Tool In Fight Against Staph Infections, “Superbugs”
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Ed H.
Posted
Mon 27 Aug 2012 4:03pm
A new study suggests that nicotinamide, more commonly known as vitamin B3, may be able to combat some of the antibiotic-resistance staph infections that are increasingly common around the world, have killed thousands and can pose a significant threat to public health.
The research found that high doses of this vitamin increased by 1,000 tim ...
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Staph Infections: How To Control Their Spread in Nursing Homes
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Carol Bradley Bursack
Posted
Thu 14 May 2009 4:31pm
Note from Carol: Sorry about duplicating the "Role Reveral" post. It was one of those days...Here's something fresh. Thanks for being loyal readers. Carol
According to a new study, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a strain of staph infection, is becoming a major source of illness acquired in nursing homes. Little is known ...
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Research Shows Niacin (B-3) Effective Against Staph Infections
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Lucky V.
Posted
Mon 17 Sep 2012 7:00am
A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows that Niacin (vitamin B3) supplementation offers an effective alternative to antibiotic treatment of staph infections.
The research , supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, concluded that a megadose of vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) was able to kill ant ...
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Model with World's Largest Breasts Fighting Staph Infection
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Dr. Tony Y.
Posted
Sat 17 Jul 2010 12:39pm
Sheyla Hershey, the model with reportedly the largest breasts in the world, is fighting a staph infection of her breasts which could threaten her life. A year ago she travelled to Brazil to make her breasts a KKK in size, despite her being only 5'3" tall. She is now suffering a severe infection that not only threatens her breasts, but also ...
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