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Original Source: MRSA Colonization and Control in the Dallas County Jail
The goal of this 3-year project is to control the spread of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in the Dallas County Jail. CA-MRSA is a bacterium spreading rapidly through healthy populations and becoming an epidemic in many regions of the U.S. Many people in the community are asymptomatically colonized by MRSA. There have been outbreaks of MRSA infections at prisons and jails. We will study the spread of MRSA in the jail to better unders...
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MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a family of bacteria with resistance to one or more major antibiotics. There are currently 17 different strains of MRSA. Two particular strains,...
Vancomycin is an antobiotic indicated for the treatment of serious, life-threatening infections by Gram-positive bacteria that are unresponsive to other less-toxic antibiotics. In particular, vancom...
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Dallas Journal: In Dallas, Precautions Amid Fears of West Nile Virus
With at least 10 deaths, Dallas County is the epicenter of the mosquito-borne illness that has spread throughout Texas and other parts of the country.
Dallas County allows aerial spraying for West Nile
Suffering from the nation's deadliest outbreak of West Nile virus this year, Dallas County authorized aerial spraying of insecticide on Friday for the first time in nearly five decades to help fight...
West Nile Hits Hard Around Dallas, With Fear of Its Spread
After nearly 200 cases of human infection and 10 deaths in Dallas County, Dallas’s mayor authorized aerial pesticide spraying, spurring a backlash.
IRVINE, Calif., May 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Continental Prison Systems, Inc. (OTC:CPSZ) - a payment processing technology company that specializes in the $500 billion government payment space, i...
Woman avoids jail after posing as nurse
A woman has been spared jail after falsely claiming to be a registered nurse.
Increasing occurrence of MRSA bacteria in Denmark
In 2011, more Danes became infected with MRSA bacteria, and the number was the highest in over 25 years. The increase was primarily seen in otherwise healthy people without any hospital relation. Alth...
Universal MRSA Decolonization Most Effective in ICUs
Universal decolonization in the ICU for MRSA reduced the risk for an MRSA clinical isolate by 37% and for a bloodstream infection from any pathogen by nearly half. Medscape Medical News
Cardiologist Convicted of Fraud Loses Appeal
A Louisiana cardiologist sentenced to 10 years in jail for healthcare fraud has agreed to begin his jail sentence after his most recent appeal was turned down. Heartwire
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Now that he is in the county jail.
Condom Distribution in Jail to Prevent HIV Infection.
To determine if a structural intervention of providing one condom a week to inmates in the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail MSM unit reduces HIV transmissions and net social cost, we estimated nu...
Genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from diseased poultry.
To gain insight into the genomic diversity of Staphylococcus aureus associated with diseases in domestic poultry, 131 isolates from clinically ill turkeys (n=80) and chickens (n = 51) were collected a...
Livestock veterinarians at high risk of acquiring methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398.
SUMMARYThe prevalence and risk factors associated with livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA) carriage was examined in Danish and Belgian veterinarians. The MRSA and LA-MRSA carriage rates were 9·5% (95...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are associated with increased mortality, costs and length of stay compared to non-MRSA infections. This observational 4-year study analyse...
