Global scenario of bacteria, infections, antibiotics and resistance By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

-How 1918 flu antibodies fend off swine flu
-FDA says studies on triclosan, used in sanitizers and soaps, raise concerns.
-ReAct preparing for International ABR meeting in Uppsala in September.
-Resistance in gonococci discussed widely on the international scene- Medical News Today, BBC -News and the Russian Medicinform.net.
-ABR rise in patients, linked to AB use in animals?– Radio Netherlands Worldwide
-Offsprings of MRSA/C diff HAI victims scared of hospital; want treatment elsewhere– BBC News
-US-“Do AB:s make people fat?” – Huffington P
-Uganda – Antibiotic Treatment to HIV patients improves survival; co-trimoxazole to some newly diagnosed patients can halve mortality. Study from Lancet – BBC News.
Mexico – “AB only by prescription is impossible” -President of the National Pharmacies Association– La Jornada.

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

Community-Acquired MRSA Becoming More Common In Pediatric ICU Patients
CA-MRSA Infection Rates Are 6 Times Greater In HIV Patients
Community Acquired MRSA Infection Rates Are Six Times Greater In HIV Patients
Clinical Trial Results Demonstrate Copper Reduces MRSA & VRE In Hospital Rooms
Potential Defence Against Food Poisoning Bacteria: 'Hormone Therapy'
Public Health Agencies Warn Of Outbreaks Related To Drinking Raw Milk
Lethal Protein Used By Colonies Of Bacteria To Fight For Resources
110th General Meeting Of The American Society For Microbiology
New Shingles Drug Set For Final Hurdle
Providing Long-Term Affordable Supply Of Pneumococcal Vaccines To The World's Poorest Children
News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology
Better Reporting Of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Could Speed Recalls And Save Lives
Detecting E. Coli In Ground Beef And Other Foods Using New 2-in-1 Test
Society For General Microbiology Spring Conference 2010
Clostridium Difficile: New Guidelines For Diagnosiis And Management

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

Canadian study 'opens new ways' in treatment of superbugs

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

-Hospital costs for treating septicemia increased by an average of nearly 12 percent each year from 1997 to 2007.
-Modulating body's own inflammatory response to infection may help save more lives.
- Infection Surveillance and Data Management System, a portfolio of healthcare management software solutions that tracks infections and helps prevent their transmission at three levels -- from patient to patient, between patients and healthcare workers, and from community sources to healthcare settings has been launched.
Clostridium Difficile: New Guidelines For Diagnosiis And Management
-Two Leading Organizations Dedicated To Reducing Health Care-Associated Infections Worldwide Issue Inaugural Partnership In Prevention Award.
-Growing Number Of Acupuncture-Transmitted Diseases: Experts Call For Infection Control Guidelines
-40 Percent Of Surface Disinfectants Ineffective In Eliminating Viruses That Cause Gastroenteritis
-Antiseptic Cloths Associated With Reduced Rate Of Treatment-Resistant Bacteria In The Trauma Center
-New Policy Statement Describes The Development Of Antibiotics To Protect Our Children And Future Generations As A "Moral Obligation"
-BioVigil Releases Second Generation Hand Hygiene Monitoring System

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Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

-The human normal gut flora now DNA sequenced – an article in Nature; Peptidomimetics – promising developments to fight ABR – ScienceTranslational Medicine
-Development Of Antibiotics To Protect Our Children And Future Generations -A "Moral Obligation". Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) urges a global commitment to develop 10 new antibiotics by 2020. in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Learn from France to Cut Infections- in Science Daily
- Vitamin D Crucial To Activating Immune Defenses
-MicroPhage Seeks FDA Clearance To Market World's First Test Designed To Rapidly Identify - - Bacterial Infections And Antibiotic Susceptibility
- soil microbes have become progressively more resistant to antibiotics over the last 60 years.
- Bugs are changing – and we have a fight on our hands.
-Should we just say "no" to antibiotics for farm animals?
-First Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Screening Tool
- A New Rapid Test For A Major Emerging Resistance Threat

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

Three Years Out, Safety Checklist Continues To Keep Hospital Infections In Check
Research Fellowship To Halt Super Bug Invasion, Australia
Virulent Bacteria Offer Insight Into Host-Pathogen Interactions
Low Levels Of Antibiotics Cause Multidrug Resistance In 'Superbugs'
Resistance in the News--- an update
Soil bacteria could yield drug to treat roundworm
Nanowires growing from bacteria buzzing in the seabed might link up distant chemical reactions in sediments.

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

Scientists have found a way to track minutely-differing strains of the 'superbug' MRSA [methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus] as they spread between people and across the globe.
Researchers have shown how transmission of MRSA from one person to another can be precisely tracked in a hospital setting. They have developed a remarkable new method that can 'zoom' from large-scale inter-continental transmission events to the much finer detail of person-to-person infection of MRSA within a single hospital.
Strong New Evidence has come up showing Links of Retail Meat To Urinary Tract Infections

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

Cempra Completes Enrollment of Phase 2 Portion of Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial of TAKSTA(TM) (CEM-102 or Sodium Fusidate) for Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Structure Infections
Manuka Honey inhibits the growth of bacteria which cause many skin infections including antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria such as MRSA and VRE.
Swedish plan of action against antibiotic resistance (Old story but still useful)
Research that helped reduce antibiotic prescriptions may get an award
Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Germany
Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

Experimental Antibiotics Should Be Given Orphan Drug Status
Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SRNE) today announced an antibody discovery and development collaboration with The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA for MRSA infection.
Resistance to Antibiotics Can Be Drawback for Bacteria
KaloBios Partners with Sanofi Pasteur on Novel Prevention and Treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa -(KaloBios' Humaneered™ Antibody Fragment KB001 Blocks Pseudomonas Virulence)
From CDC
Seagulls and Beaches acting as Reservoirs for Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli in Portugal sharing hospital room raises infection risk compared to being hospitalised in a single room.

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

Necrotizing fasciitis is rare but serious disease. It is lethal in approximately 30 percent of those who develop it. The most common cause is the group A Streptococcus (GAS) bacteria, the same bacteria that causes step throat. Scientists at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston recently discovered a simple gene mutation that decreases the chance people will get a flesh-eating disease called necrotizing fasciitis. Further, they proved that inactivating this section of the gene lessens the devastating disease in humans.
Newcastle University scientists have found using data taken from soil samples from five sites in the Netherlands that Antibiotic resistance in the natural environment is rising despite tighter controls over use of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture.