Proper use of antibiotics could help fight the infection Clostridium difficile - the superbug.
A team from the University of Leeds, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and Oxford University, mapped all cases of Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in Oxfordshire over a three-year period (2008 to 2011).
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C. diff causes severe diarrhoea, cramps and sometimes life-threatening complications, and has traditionally been thought to be transmitted within hospitals from other sick C.diff patients.
The research found that less than one in five cases of the so called 'hospital superbug' were likely to have been caught from other hospital cases of C.diff, where the focus of infection control measures has been.
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At the Stanford University School of Medicine, a new study by researchers could help pinpoint ways to counter the effects of the antibiotics-driven depletion of friendly, gut-dwelling bacteria.
By assessing the genetic variation between C.diff cases, the team identified those cases that were matched and were likely to be linked. By adding hospital records and the community movements of each case, they worked out if that transmission was likely to have happened as a result of hospital or patient contact.
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Researchers Show How Antibiotics Enable Pathogenic Gut Infections
At the Stanford University School of Medicine, a new study by researchers could help pinpoint ways to counter the effects of the antibiotics-driven depletion of friendly, gut-dwelling bacteria.
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By assessing the genetic variation between C.diff cases, the team identified those cases that were matched and were likely to be linked. By adding hospital records and the community movements of each case, they worked out if that transmission was likely to have happened as a result of hospital or patient contact.
Source: ANI
Inappropriate Use of Antibiotics Could Be Reduced By New Strategy
A new strategy for prescribing antibiotics that could reduce patient harm and help combat the rise in antibiotic resistance was developed by researchers.
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 New Method for Discovering Antibiotics IdentifiedA new method for identifying and characterizing antibiotics has been discovered by scientists. | Advertisement
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