Word: staphylococcus
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...three in the arsenal against cancer are surgery, radiation and drugs. But a new therapy, which has produced "exciting" preliminary observations, makes use of an unexpected weapon: bacteria. Staph germs (Staphylococcus aureus) are in fact essential in a blood-washing treatment under study at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In the technique, developed by Immunologist David Terman and his colleagues, blood plasma is removed from a patient and run through a device containing beads of charcoal coated with protein A, a component of the staph bacteria. The plasma is then returned to the patient. The scientists speculate that...
Since 1975 there have been more than 400 reported cases of TSS, which is caused by the common Staphylococcus aureus bacterium and occurs primarily in menstruating women under 30. While fatalities have been few-only 40 have been recorded-the revelations about TSS disturbed tampon makers, who have built a market of 50 million regular users. First marketed in 1936 by Tampax, which had bought the patents for the product from the Colorado doctor who invented it, tampons are big business. All told, sanitary products account for roughly $800 million of the $10 billion spent each year on medical devices...
First identified in Colorado two years ago, TSS is caused by an agent of the common Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, often found in abscesses. Since January the U.S. Center for Disease Control in Atlanta has recorded 344 cases, including 28 deaths. All but 16 of the cases involved menstruating women, usually under 30 years old. Suspicions were directed toward Rely after a study of 42 TSS patients showed that the brand had been used by 71% of the women...
Shown magnified 150,000 times, the staphylococcus bacterium was exposed to a low-level dose of antibiotic. As a result, the wall of the one-celled bug began eroding. That process poses a great danger to the bacterium, which has internal pressures ranging from 25 to 30 atmospheres. Strained by the internal pressure, the wall suddenly ruptured at its weakest point, and the bacterium exploded...