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BEND, Ore., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bend Research Inc. (www.bendresearch.com), a leading independent drug-formulation development and manufacturing company, today announced a licensing agreement with Affinium Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (www.afnm.com). Bend Research has licensed its proprietary spray-dried dispersion (SDD) technology to the biotechnology firm. The SDD technology, which is used to improve the bioavailability of compounds with low aqueous solubility, has been...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimates that about one in every 20 patients develops an infection each year related to their hospital care. The key to preventing an outbreak of potentially deadly healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) -- such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or C. difficile -- is identifying them before affected individuals can pose a transmission risk. But, according to a survey released today by the Association for...
WAYNE, Pa., March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Molecular Detection Inc. (MDI), a company developing Detect-Ready® tests designed to increase the speed and accuracy of infectious disease diagnosis, today announced that it has completed a $1.5 million financing. The funds are primarily being used to advance MDI's new molecular diagnostic panels for the detection of sepsis and gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. Separately, MDI announced allowance of a new European patent for its...
CHICAGO, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MRSA Survivors Network, a global leader in raising awareness for the MRSA epidemic launches International MRSA Testing Week, April 1-7th with the support of their alliance partner MRSA Action UK. International MRSA Testing Week is an annual designated observance for active detection (screening) for MRSA colonization of high risk patients upon admission to a healthcare facility. The global awareness week draws attention for the urgent...
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today it will collaborate with Genetics Laboratory, Inc. (GenLab) on the development of a molecular diagnostic test that will be designed to rapidly detect microorganisms that cause orthopedic infections. Under terms of the agreement, Abbott, in conjunction with GenLab, will develop and commercialize the new assay for use on the PLEX-ID(TM) automated microbial identification system. In the United States,...
BALTIMORE, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hopkins Medical Products has finalized its 2012 enhancements of the Hopkins Rolling Med Bag. This enhanced bag now has scuff guards, larger wheels and a 2 3/8 inch ground clearance. It meets current healthcare guidelines for good bag technique and home healthcare best practice. It features a laptop section, "clean/dirty" sections, separate sharps container pocket and a compartment for the caregiver's personal items. The bag is made of a...
Genome sequence analysis helps characterize transmissible bacterium Using genome sequencing and household surveillance, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and their colleagues from Columbia University Medical Center and St. George's University of London have pieced together how a newly emerging type of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria has adapted to transmit more easily among humans. Their new study underscores the need for vigilance in surveillance of S. aureus. A...
Ondine Biomedical Inc. announces today that its MRSAid™ Photodisinfection System for nasal pathogen decolonization has successfully treated over 2,500 patients since April 2011 as a part of an infection control Quality Improvement Project being conducted at Vancouver General Hospital. This project, championed by Dr. Elizabeth Bryce, Regional Medical Director, Infection Control, Vancouver Coastal Health, is being undertaken with the objective of reducing the incidence of surgical site...
A strain of the potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has jumped from food animals to humans, researchers reported Tuesday in the online journal mBio. The study, led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), suggests that MRSA CC398 likely started as a non-resistant (antibiotic-susceptible) strain in humans, but developed resistance to antibiotics after spreading to farm animals. MRSA is a well-known...
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A study published in the March 2012 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology demonstrates that Great Basin Corporation's Staph ID/R rapid, automated DNA multiplex assay can identify major pathogenic strains of Staphylococcus to the species level as well as the presence or absence of the methicillin-resistance determinant gene, mecA. In this study, the assay was 99 percent accurate in comparison to DNA sequencing results....
Latest Staphylococcaceae Reference Libraries
Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of thirty-three known species belonging to the genus Staphylococcus. It is part of our skin flora and can also be found in the mucous membranes and in animals. It is the most common species found in laboratory test due to contamination. It is not usually pathogenic; however, patients with a compromised immune system often risk infection. Infections can be both nosocomial and community acquired and are more of a threat to hospital patients. Hospitals carry...
Staphylococcus aureus is a facultative anaerobic gram-positive coccus, and is the most common cause of staph infections. It is commonly part of the skin flora found in the nose and on skin. Around 20% of the human population is long-term carriers. It gets its golden color due to its carotenoid pigment staphyloxanthin. The pigment acts as a virulence factor with an antioxidant action that allows the microbe to evade death by reactive oxygen species used by the host immune system. Staphylococci...
