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 Staphylococcus aureus Information - December 4, 2008
| London, England (AHN)-New research shows your mobile phone could be a major health hazard, crawling with potentially lethal bacteria. According to the research, with tens of thousands of microbes living on each square inch, cell phones harbor more bacteria than a toilet seat, the sole of a shoe, or a door handle | | A cancer hospital in Manchester is treating mouth and throat cancer patients with manuka honey, which is believed to have healing powers. The honey is imported from New Zealand, where it is produced by bees that feed primarily on the Manuka bush | | Federal Health officials on Thursday said that the superbug infections once seen in prison inmates and athletes have also shown up in illegal tattoo customers. The infections are known to be caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 44 tattoo customers in total with clusters of 33 in Ohio, 4 in Kentucky and 7 in Vermont, had reported the skin infection from the bacteria in 2004 and 2005 | | A new proposal for fighting "superbugs" suggests creating antibiotic-free hospitals and using "good" bacteria on surgeons hands. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is untreatable with most antibiotics and can cause potentially deadly complications like pneumonia, bloodstream infections and surgical wound infections | | Phoenix, AZ (AHN) A new study by University of Arizona Microbiology Professor Chuck Gerba - "The Germ Doctor" - ranks the TV remote control as the highest carrier of bacteria in a patient's hospital room compared to the toilet bowl handle, bathroom door and call buttons | |
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