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New Antibiotic Against Serious Infections Receives First Approval In Europe

Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationMRSA / Drug Resistance

Swissmedic, the Swiss agency for therapeutic products, has approved ZEVTERA? (ceftobiprole medocaril) for the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections, including diabetic foot infections which have not spread to the bone. Ceftobiprole is licensed from and co-developed with Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. Janssen-Cilag will market ceftobiprole in Switzerland under the trade name ZEVTERA?.

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Best Practices Can Help Prevent Transmission Of Drug-Resistant Bugs - Hopkins Nursing Research Briefs

Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationMRSA / Drug Resistance

Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) faculty member Jason Farley, PhD, MPH, ARNP, is a man on a mission. His goal: To identify, seek, and destroy potentially lethal, treatment-resistant infections in hospitals and in the community.

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Spread Of US ‘Super Bugs’ To South America

Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationMRSA / Drug Resistance

Two clones of highly antibiotic-resistant organism strains, which previously had only been identified in the United States, are now causing serious sickness and death in several Colombian cities including the capital Bogotá, say researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. The study, done in collaboration with Universidad El Bosque in Bogotá, is presented in a research letter published in the Nov. 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. U.S.

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