Bacteriophages to Fight Bacteria: Is this the Beginning of the End?
Will bacteriophage treatment for "superbugs" save lives, or create even worse pathogens?Posted on April 14, 2008 12:15 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.
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Antibiotic resistance:
On E. coli, super soil bacteria, and Hank Williams Jr.
Early this week, grant application; yesterday and today, IRB and IACUC for another project. But once again, fellow Sbers are keeping me busy reading about stories I'd like to be writing on; see yet again Mike on E. coli O157:H7--everything...Posted on April 3, 2008 3:35 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
MDR CA-MRSA in MSM*
*Multi-drug resistant community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in men who have sex with men: aka, MRSA hits another new risk group.Posted on January 16, 2008 4:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Less is more when it comes to antibiotic use?
Could we find a way to successfully treat infections using lower doses of drugs for a shorter period of time, without increasing the presence of antibiotic resistant organisms? Maybe...Posted on January 15, 2008 4:00 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Fecal transplants to cure Clostridium difficile infection
How much "ick factor" could you take to relieve yourself of a painful infection?Posted on December 17, 2007 1:50 PM • 61 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
MRSA and swine: collision course
MRSA is everywhere: in your schools, your gyms, and now your farm animals.Posted on November 8, 2007 1:15 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Pediatric Grand Rounds 2.11
Carnival of pediatric medical posts from the past month...Posted on November 4, 2007 11:00 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A perfect winter storm developing?
Influenza, staph and resistance to vaccination: not a good combination.Posted on October 18, 2007 11:35 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
MRSA: from hospital pathogen to community scourge
Busy day here, but I do have a brief post up on MRSA over at Correlations if you're looking for some reading material. [Edited to add: Mike has a lot more new MRSA stuff here; well worth reading!]...Posted on October 16, 2007 10:00 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A good excuse not to wear neckties
...They make be spreading disease.Posted on September 18, 2007 1:35 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Clostridium Marys
Carriers of a deadly bacterium are more common than previously thought.Posted on September 13, 2007 12:20 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The discovery of highly virulent XDR-TB
A small research study in South Africa led to the discovery of one of the most deadly pathogens around today.Posted on July 27, 2007 3:15 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More XDR-TB news--other travel, patient information
Just popping in quickly after I saw Klearchos' comment on the updated tuberculosis post. He notes on his website that the CDC has released additional travel information about the XDR-TB infected patient, including shorter flights made within Europe in addition...Posted on May 31, 2007 2:45 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
XDR-TB travels around the globe, update: broader implications of one man's jaunt
I blogged earlier about the Georgia man who globe-trotted while infected with XDR-TB. I wrote that post late Tuesday evening, and since then, a number of other details about his case have come to light--and they're not encouraging. In fact,...Posted on May 30, 2007 6:20 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Microbes on a plane
TB anywhere is TB everywhere, as a recent case demonstrates.Posted on May 30, 2007 8:00 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Egnor just doesn't know when to quit
I don't know if you've seen any of the posts here at Scienceblogs or Panda's Thumb about the Discovery Institute's newest protégé, Dr. Michael Egnor. A professor of neurosurgery at SUNY-Stony Brook, Dr. Egnor has been pontificating on how "Darwinism"...Posted on March 30, 2007 11:00 AM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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