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Progress in fight against superbugs


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Progress in fight against superbugs

2008-10-06
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Progress is being made in the fight against hospital superbugs, according to latest figures issued by the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

Progress is being made in the fight against hospital superbugs, according to latest figures issued by the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

Between April and June, 836 cases of MRSA were reported, compared with 969 in the previous quarter and 1,306 in 2007. The number of Clostridium difficile cases also fell by 9% to 50,392.

The good news comes as researchers focus on the way bacteria become resistant to antibiotics as a result of disinfectants and antiseptics being used at too weak a concentration.

This enables those that survive to adapt and increase in-built protein pumps that expel many different toxic substances from their cells, including antibiotics.

Dr Glenn Kaatz from the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centre in Detroit, US, said that scientists are trying to develop inhibitors of the pumps to reduce the likelihood of additional resistance emerging in bacteria.

Meanwhile, a Department of Health spokesman said: "Antibiotic resistance is a global public health issue and we all have a part to play in keeping our antibiotics effective.

"This is why we continue to build on our UK antimicrobial resistance strategy and action plan so we can all work together to help slow down the development of resistance."

Copyright © The Press Association 2008



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