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  2. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    Many of these infections are less serious, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that there are 80,461 invasive MRSA infections and 11,285 deaths due to MRSA annually. [109] In 2003, the cost for a hospitalization due to MRSA infection was US$92,363; a hospital stay for MSSA was $52,791. [89]

  3. Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    Although VRSA infections are uncommon, VRSA is often resistant to other types of antibiotics and a potential threat to public health because treatment options are limited. [6] VRSA is resistant to many of the standard drugs used to treat S. aureus infections. Furthermore, resistance can be transferred from one bacterium to another. [5]

  4. Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    Now, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is not only a human pathogen causing a variety of infections, such as skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI), pneumonia, and sepsis, but it also can cause disease in animals, known as livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA). [115] MRSA infections in both the hospital and community setting are ...

  5. Dalbavancin - Wikipedia

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    Dalbavancin is an antibiotic used to treat acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) in adults caused by susceptible Gram-positive organisms, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). MRSA infections have become problematic in the community and in healthcare settings due to resistance to many available ...

  6. Ligand Partner Rib-X Initiates Phase 3 Trial of Captisol ...

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    Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developing new antibiotics to provide superior coverage, safety and convenience for the treatment of serious and life-threatening infections.

  7. Linezolid - Wikipedia

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    Linezolid is an antibiotic used for the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics. [9] [10] Linezolid is active against most Gram-positive bacteria that cause disease, including streptococci, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

  8. ST8:USA300 - Wikipedia

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    ST8:USA300 is a strain of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that has emerged as a particularly antibiotic resistant epidemic that is responsible for rapidly progressive, fatal diseases including necrotizing pneumonia, severe sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis. [1]

  9. Decolonization (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a common cause of hospital related infections, including bloodstream infections and infections of the heart and bone. [5] Additionally, increasing cases of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and MRSA pose a new challenge as these strains are difficult or impossible to treat with standard antibiotic ...

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