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UK Scientists Use DNA "Decoy" to Fight Superbugs
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A new genetic "decoy" system could revolutionise development of antibiotics to fight drug-resistant superbugs like MRSA and speed their path to market, British scientists said on Monday. Reuters Health Information
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Mixed Viral/Bacterial Etiology Common in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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Based on a comprehensive battery of diagnostic tests, including nucleic amplification assays, researchers in New Zealand have found that a viral etiology is more frequent than previously reported in patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Mixed viral/bacterial infections are also common and are associated with greater disease severity, they report in the January issue of Thorax. Reuters Health Information
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