Bacteria Take Advantage Their Competitors' Infections...in Your Nose
Category: Microbiology
It's like a Mutual of Omaha special...in your nose.
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MRSA:
Unnecessary Bioterrorism Hysteria
Category: E. coli
Bioterror agents walk among us. AAAAIIIIEEEE!!!
Posted by Mike at 10:21 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Carried By Wild Song Birds
Category: Antibiotics
Tweet? (and not the internet kind). Could songbirds constitute a major reservoir of methicillin resistant staphylococci?
Posted by Mike at 10:04 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What Level of Proof Does the Ag Lobby Want for MRSA?
Category: Agriculture
How would the ag lobby define 'definitive evidence'?
Posted by Mike at 10:10 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I Told You the Pork Lobbyists Would Comment on Kristof's Column
Category: Agriculture
Corporate denialism is so obvious.
Posted by Mike at 10:16 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Kristof on MRSA: Good, but There's Better Evidence
Category: Agriculture
I'm glad Kristof raised the issue, but the reflexive conservative denialists will attack the column, when he could have provided much stronger evidence.
Posted by Mike at 9:56 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Piggy MRSA Makes the NY Times
Category: Agriculture
MRSA ST398, the piggy strain, makes the news.
Posted by Mike at 10:08 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
MRSA ST398: It's All Tara's Fault...
Category: Antibiotics
I'm kidding, but ScienceBlogling Tara Smith has co-authored a PLoS One article about the emergence of the MRSA strain ST398 in Iowan pork farms.
Posted by Mike at 10:08 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
MRSA ST398: Now It's in Chickens
Category: Antibiotics
An emerging strain of MRSA finds a new home.
Posted by Mike at 10:20 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Methicillin Resistance in MRSA: Evolve and Spread Locally, Not Globally?
For at least one clone of MRSA, it looks like there isn't pandemic spread of a resistant clone, but, instead repeated gene transfer into a highly prevalent sensitive S. aureus background.
Posted by Mike at 10:11 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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