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# Superbug

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# Superbug
Four Irish hospitals failed to properly screen patients for new superbug
A new report reveals that a number of hospitals failed to properly protect patients from the CPE superbug.
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Jul 11th 2019, 2:08 PM
# cpe
'Significant concerns' over infection control at Cork hospital following two superbug outbreaks
HIQA inspected the facility following the outbreaks in July and October last year.
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Feb 26th 2019, 11:46 AM
# cpe
Superbug linked to deaths of eight patients at Limerick hospitals
Of all the superbugs, CPE is the most difficult to kill with antibiotics.
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Oct 9th 2018, 6:16 PM
# Superbug Scare
Hospitals are contacting thousands of patients to tell them they may have contracted a 'superbug'
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes CPE as “nightmare” bacteria.
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Aug 28th 2018, 2:14 PM
# cpe
26 people have been hit with a superbug in the last four weeks
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae is the newest superbug that is difficult to kill with antibiotics.
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Apr 12th 2018, 6:09 PM
# Superbug
400 new cases found of Irish patients with superbug that is resistant to antibiotics
There has been 401 newly detected cases in 2017 compared to 282 in 2016.
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Dec 22nd 2017, 12:22 PM
# crisis point
Simon Harris declares a 'public health emergency' for superbug
“We have seen a rapid and worrying increase,” said the Health Minister.
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Oct 25th 2017, 4:27 PM
# Superbug
Gonorrhoea 'sometimes impossible' to treat due to antibiotic-resistance - WHO
An estimated 78 million people are infected with gonorrhoea every year.
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Jul 7th 2017, 8:10 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.
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Nov 22nd 2016, 8:45 AM
# resistant
Doctors warn of 'end of the road for antibiotics' as drug-resistant superbug found in the US
Superbugs can be deadly, but not in all cases.
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May 27th 2016, 8:12 AM
# concerning
This superbug is on the rise in Irish hospitals
MSSA is a much less threatening bacteria than MRSA.
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Dec 1st 2015, 1:29 PM
# Breakthrough
Queen's University team develops breakthrough anti-superbug gel
The gel can break down the protective biofilm surrounding resistant superbugs without damaging healthy cells.
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Aug 19th 2014, 8:26 AM
# MRSA
MRSA superbug found on 23 newborn babies in Mayo General Hospital
Around 23 newborn babies have been found with the MRSA superbug in Mayo in the past seven months.
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Oct 12th 2012, 9:29 AM
# MRSA
Antibiotics for treating mastitis in cows was 'cause of new MRSA variant'
Scientists believe that cows’ milk could be the source of the new variant of meticilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus identified in the UK and Denmark.
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Jun 3rd 2011, 2:04 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Fears over the spread of new forms of deadly MRSA and E.coli bugs; checkout worker takes Tesco to court over lottery row; and Stephen Fry’s suicide fears.
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Jun 3rd 2011, 8:14 AM
# Health
Visiting restrictions remain in place at Limerick hospital
There are visiting restrictions at Limerick’s Mid Western Regional Hospital following the outbreak of a antibiotic-resistant bacterium.
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Mar 16th 2011, 9:02 PM