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And so-called "community-acquired MRSA" has become a problem among some high school and college athletes who share equipment; this type of MRSA appears as a skin infection and is usually less serious, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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And so-called "community-acquired MRSA" has become a problem among some high school and college athletes who share equipment; this type of MRSA appears as a skin infection and is usually less serious, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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MRSA infections that are acquired by persons who have not been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are known as community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Over the next five to six years, these new clinical trials will evaluate treatment alternatives for diseases for which antibiotics are prescribed most often, including acute otitis media (middle ear infections), community-acquired pneumonia and diseases caused by Gram-negative bacteria, which frequently are resistant to first-line antibiotics.
Antimicrobial Resistance: 8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Comparing narrow-spectrum antimicrobial therapy to standard of care in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Antimicrobial Resistance: 8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics NIH/NIAID 2010
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It's the community-acquired MRSA that was found in the meats, the researchers said.
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Comparing narrow-spectrum antimicrobial therapy to standard of care in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Antimicrobial Resistance: 8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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It's the community-acquired MRSA that was found in the meats, the researchers said.
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Over the next five to six years, these new clinical trials will evaluate treatment alternatives for diseases for which antibiotics are prescribed most often, including acute otitis media (middle ear infections), community-acquired pneumonia and diseases caused by Gram-negative bacteria, which frequently are resistant to first-line antibiotics.
Antimicrobial Resistance: 8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics NIH/NIAID 2010
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"Therapy with gastric acidity inhibitors increases the risk of acute gastroenteritis and community-acquired pneumonia in children."
Leo Galland, M.D.: Acid Reflux: The Truth Behind Heartburn 2010
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