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  TB resisted by old drug combination
Date: February  26, 2009  

Two drugs already used for fighting other infections may help in the battle against drug-resistant tuberculosis, researchers say.The combination of clavulanate and meropenem was effective against 13 strains of the most drug resistant TB in the laboratory.Clinical trials are now being planned by the US researchers, who reported their results in the
  Drug-resistant ward bug concern
Date: November  17, 2008  

Hospitals need to be vigilant against an emerging drug-resistant bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii, infection control experts have warned.Like MRSA and Clostridium difficile, the bacterium poses the greatest risk to seriously ill patients.Rates of resistance to antibiotics that halt the bug currently stand at 30%, Lancet Infectious Diseases reports
  Aggressive TB treatment success
Date: August  24, 2008  

Tuberculosis which is resistant to many current treatments can be overcome with aggressive therapy, research suggests.Extensively drug-resistant TB is associated with high rates of mortality and is thought to account for at least 7% of cases of the infection worldwide.Despite fears that it is untreatable, researchers have shown a cure is possible w
  Drug-resistant TB case confirmed
Date: March  21, 2008  

Doctors in Glasgow are treating the UK s first diagnosed case of the drug-resistant XDR tuberculosis strain.The man who has the XDR-TB strain is reported to have come to the UK from Somalia. He is now in isolation at the Gartnavel General Hospital. The "super strength" strain of the disease is extremely resistant to traditional antibiotics, and has
  Hunt on for escaped TB patients
Date: December  19, 2007  

Twenty-three patients with incurable, highly infectious and drug-resistant tuberculosis have escaped from a South African hospital, local media report.A total of 49 patients have absconded from Jose Pearson hospital near Port Elizabeth this week, officials said.Although 26 have since returned to the wards, police are now primed to join door-to-doo




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