superbugs

There's finally some good news in the long battle against "superbugs" -- those germs that have become resistant to treatment.

Superbug on the decline 2010

Hospitals are turning to a new breed of antibiotic SWAT team to win the war against "superbugs" -- the bacteria that are outmaneuvering nearly every weapon in the arsenal of drugs long used to fight them.

Curbing Antibiotic Use 2008

Thanks to the overprescription of antibiotics in medical settings and the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in concentrated animal feeding operations (or CAFOs), we've aided the emergence of 'superbugs' -- or drug resistance microorganisms.

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

Thanks to the overprescription of antibiotics in medical settings and the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in concentrated animal feeding operations (or CAFOs), we've aided the emergence of 'superbugs' -- or drug resistance microorganisms.

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

American medi-boffins say they have developed a way to kill so-called "superbugs" - deadly infections which can't be cured using antibiotics - by simply shining a certain wavelength of blue light on them.

The Register 2009

The ruling ends a dispute between the two companies over experimental antibiotic ceftobiprole, a drug that targets so-called superbugs, which are responsible for many hospital-acquired-infection deaths.

Business Watch 2010

They found the so-called superbugs—bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics—up to 100 yards downstream from the discharge point into the Huron River.

Bacteria Creates Aquatic Superbugs In Waste Treatment Plants | Impact Lab 2009

As these so-called superbugs become more resistant to common first-line drugs, doctors have been forced to turn to alternative antibiotics, explains Chambers.

A New ‘Gay Disease’? 2008

Resistance to Antibiotics Scientists are beginning to detect antibiotic-resistant bacteria in pork, pigs and some veterinarians, raising the issue of whether these so-called superbugs might find a new route to infect farmworkers or even people who eat pork.

Bacteria in Pork Showing 2008

If cleanliness is next to godliness, modern America is the land of the faithful -- fighting the good fight against today's so-called superbugs with sparkling countertops and well-washed hands.

Are Antimicrobial Soaps Breeding Tougher Bugs? GreenFertility 2007