FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) British research into Steno, one the most recent "superbugs" to claim lives, reveals that the bacterium has an incredible ability to resist antibiotics and other drugs, according to soon-to-be-published findings.

Steno, short for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, thrives in moist environments, such as around taps and shower heads, and can be transmitted to people. It is responsible for roughly 1,000 cases of Steno blood poisoning in the U.K. annually. About 30 percent of these infections prove fatal.

From working in nursing facilities both in Drama Therapy and as a Admissions Marketer, I am pretty familiar with MRSA - one of the so-called Superbugs seen in hospitals, nursing facilities and other similar institutions.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is commonly known as MRSA and is linked to 94,000 infections and nearly 19,000 deaths in the U.S. in 2005.

The newbie - Clostridium difficile - known as C.diff, is MRSA's nearest competitor in the bacterial infection stakes and is catching up fast. Almost 27,000 people in America died from a C.diff infection in 2005.

By Randy Dotinga
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Call it a case of gator aid. New research suggests that alligator blood could serve as the basis for new antibiotics targeting infections caused by ulcers, burns and even drug-resistant "superbugs."

MONDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) -- Green tea can help antibiotics be three times more effective in fighting drug-resistant bacteria, even superbugs, according to a study by researchers at Alexandria University in Egypt.