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No mercy for MRSA: treatment alternatives to vancomycin and linezolid.(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
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The prevalence of both community- and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has gone through the roof of our incubators. Some have speculated that the increase may be due to the inappropriate use of third-generation cephalosporins, (1) while others have suggested widespread use of quinolones is responsible. (2)
Laboratorians may not appreciate the extremely limited antibiotic options available to treat MRSA infections. Because many MRSA isolates test clindamycin-resistant, susceptibility reports using the standard Gram-positive panels ...
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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IN THE GARDEN VALLEY'S FIGWORTS START SHOWING THEIR COLORS.(U)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; ...match the figworts. Figworts include snapdragon...why they are called figworts, you will simply have...encountered. Like most figwort species, they stop...Veronica is a type of figwort that encompasses more...three California native figworts - galvezia, mimulus...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Figwort is in flower in the bogs
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...tall and our second commonest figwort species. It is also known...stem than the commoner knotted figwort and has brownish- purple flowers with green undersides. Figworts are related to foxgloves and...square stems. The stem of water figwort not only has four angles but...
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Genetic transformation of figwort feasible with Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Newspaper article from: Genomics & Genetics Weekly
; ...Oriental medicinal plant. "Scrophularia buergeriana Miq. (figwort) contains a diverse group of bioactive natural products and...study in Plant Cell Reports (Genetic transformation of the figwort, Scrophularia buergeriana Miq., an Oriental medicinal plant...
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Plant of the week: Cape Fuchsia or Cape Figwort.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; _Botanical name: Phygelius x rectus _Attributes: An outstanding tropical shrub with red, pink or yellow pendulous trumpet flowers resembling snapdragons or foxgloves. _Bloom time: Mid-May until frost. _Cultivars: ``Moonraker'' _ pale yellow flowers with darker yellow lobes. ``Trewidden Pink'' _
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SCIENCE: Granny was right. Herbal remedies can help speed healing process In their search for wonder drugs, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens discover medicinal properties in British wild plants
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...British flora. Plants such as common figwort, long used as a poultice to dress wounds...remarkable finding so far has been with common figwort, whose scientific name Scrophularia nodosa...in the form of a poultice of ground figwort seeds - as a dressing for wounds. Laboratory...
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 "The People (London, England)")
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Water way to splash out and be a pools winner!(Features)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England)
; ...high in my garden. Is it a weed? AThe sample you sent me is of a native plant called figwort (Scrophularia). Your plant is S nodosa. The water figwort or water betony (S auriculata) is the species most likely to be grown in gardens, particularly...
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Country & Garden: In a ring of bright water You don't need to live in a castle to own a moat - around 5,000 houses in the UK have them. In your watery garden you can drift along and watch as the inhabitants glide and swim around you.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...quite unpolluted by chlorine, its banks festooned with rushes, figwort, water plantain, and shocking pink willow-herb, overhung by...for hours once, emerging as a nymph from the moat, clinging to a figwort stem, twitching a
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RARE PLANT FOUND AT DOERUN NATURAL AREA SHOWS FIRE BENEFITS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...conserve biological diversity. Chaffseed is a member of the Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae). It is a hemiparasite, attaching...payments. About American chaffseed * Chaffseed is a member of the Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae). * The plant is federally and...
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Interlaboratory trial validation of an event-specific qualitative polymerase chain reaction-based detection method for genetically modified RT73 rapeseed.(FOOD COMPOSTION AND ADDITIVES)(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of AOAC International
; ...reference high mobility group protein gene (HMG I/Y), figwort mosaic virus 35S (FMV 35S) promoter, and RT73 event-specific...strain LBAA (GOX v247; Figure 1). In these 2 cassettes, figwort mosaic virus 35S (FMV 35S) promoter and E9 gene terminator...
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Monkey flower does best in wet ; Along the Exmoor stream, monkey flower, or musk, grows in abundance, though it is not so every year. It gets its English name from the monkey-like features of its blossom which also gives it Gap Mouth. It does best in rainy years, so if you have it in the garden, keep it well sprayed, as you would azaleas.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...hold the flowers above water. What with so many foxgloves about this year, and yesterday's water figwort, I seem to be walking into figwort species wherever I go, for monkey flower is yet another, as are lousewort and brooklime, both doing...
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