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  2. Decolonization (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Mupirocin is a topical antibiotic commonly used for superficial skin infections and has been approved by the FDA nasal decolonization. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Though these are the most commonly used products, there are a number of alternative antibiotics and antiseptics, like povidone-iodine , that are used in decolonization.

  3. List of antibiotic-resistant bacteria - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of bacteria on a "Mega-Plate" petri dish A list of antibiotic resistant bacteria is provided below. These bacteria have shown antibiotic resistance (or antimicrobial resistance). Gram positive Clostridioides difficile Clostridioides difficile is a nosocomial pathogen that causes diarrheal disease worldwide. Diarrhea caused by C. difficile can be life-threatening. Infections are ...

  4. Disease in colonial America - Wikipedia

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    Others relied upon the minister-physicians, barber-surgeons, apothecaries, midwives, and ministers; a few used colonial physicians trained either in Britain, or an apprenticeship in the colonies. One common treatment was blood letting. [2] The method was crude due to a lack of knowledge about infection and disease among medical practitioners ...

  5. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    In skin abscesses, the primary treatment recommended is removal of dead tissue, incision, and drainage. More information is needed to determine the effectiveness of specific antibiotics therapy in surgical site infections (SSIs). [4] Examples of soft-tissue infections from MRSA include ulcers, impetigo, abscesses, and SSIs. [89]

  6. Clostridioides difficile infection - Wikipedia

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    Risk factors for infection include antibiotic or proton pump inhibitor use, hospitalization, hypoalbuminemia, [8] other health problems, and older age. [1] Diagnosis is by stool culture or testing for the bacteria's DNA or toxins. [1] If a person tests positive but has no symptoms, the condition is known as C. difficile colonization rather than ...

  7. Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Overuse of antimicrobial agents and problems with infection control practices have led to the development of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections. We used to use carbapenems as the main option in several countries for those severe infections; however, now there are several mechanisms of resistance, including carbapenemase ...

  8. Group B streptococcal infection - Wikipedia

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    GBS-EOD infections presented in infants whose mothers had been screened as GBS culture-negative are particularly worrying, and may be caused by incorrect sample collection, delay in processing the samples, incorrect laboratory techniques, recent antibiotic use, or GBS colonization after the screening was carried out.

  9. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Most infections are mild and require no therapy or only symptomatic treatment. Under research [1] Trypanosoma brucei: African sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) Identification of trypanosomes in a sample by microscopic examination Fexinidazole by mouth or pentamidine by injection for T. b. gambiense.