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US soldiers in Iraq fighting drug-resistant bacteria after injuries
• Infections • • Trauma & Injuries • May 16 07
US soldiers in Iraq do not carry the bacteria responsible for difficult-to-treat wound infections found in military hospitals treating soldiers wounded in Iraq, according…
Passive smoking linked with TB risk in children
• Children's Health • • Infections • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 05 07
A study conducted in South Africa suggests there is an association between passive smoking and increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children living…
Different Treatment May be Needed for Infection-Related Breathing Problems
• Infections • • Respiratory Problems • Jan 31 07
New research suggests that different treatments may be needed for chronic asthma, depending on whether it results from allergies or lung infections.
Previous studies…
Study Finds Association Between Tobacco Smoking and Increased Risk of TB
• Infections • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 16 07
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that causes an estimated 2 million deaths each year. The majority of those deaths occur in developing countries,…
Hospitals cut medicine tube infections in study
• Infections • • Surgery • • Urine Problems • Dec 28 06
Hospitals in Michigan nearly eliminated often-deadly infections involving tubes that deliver fluids and medicine to patients by stressing better hygiene and other preventive steps,…
Genetic Map Offers New Tool for Malaria Research
• Infections • Dec 11 06
An international research team announced today the completion of a genome-wide map that charts the genetic variability of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.…
Geriatrics & Tuberculosis
• Infections • Oct 01 06
High latent tuberculous prevalence in old age homes responsible for high rate of active tuberculosis
The high prevalence of latent tuberculous in old age…
Messy Diapers May be Sign of Severe Intestinal Infection
• Infections • Sep 05 06
Anyone who’s ever cared for an infant or young child knows what it’s like to change the occasional smelly, messy diaper.
While mild bouts…
Dengue fever cases jump in southern China
• Infections • Sep 05 06
The number of dengue fever cases in China’s southern Guangdong province has more than doubled to 219 in the past week, half of…
British tourist in Hong Kong has mad cow disease
• Infections • Aug 30 06
A British tourist in Hong Kong has been struck down with what appears to be mad cow disease.
The 23-year-old man who was visiting…
Blacks less apt to respond to hepatitis C therapy
• Infections • Aug 30 06
African American adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are less likely to respond to standard combination therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin, a…
British babies to get vaccine against meningitis
• Infections • Aug 28 06
Babies in the UK will soon be given a vaccination against the pneumococcal disease meningitis as part and parcel of the standard infant immunisation…
Chagas’ disease needs more research attention
• Infections • Aug 18 06
The international research community needs to focus more attention on Chagas’ disease - an infectious disease that kills 50,000 people a year, states an…
Anthrax in Children Difficult to Detect and Treat
• Infections • Aug 18 06
Difficulties in diagnosing anthrax may lead to dangerous delays in caring for children infected with this often-deadly disease, according to a new report from…
Long-term health effects from West Nile illnesses
• Infections • Aug 17 06
More than a year after being diagnosed with a West Nile virus infection, half of the patients have ongoing health complaints including fatigue, memory…
740,000 vaccines urgently needed to control outbreak of Japanese encephalitis
• Infections • Aug 14 06
According to official sources Japanese encephalitis has to date claimed 19 lives in the northern Chinese city of Yuncheng in the Shanxi province.
Local…
Device Can “Battle” Hospital Infections
• Infections • Aug 03 06
An innovative University at Buffalo air sterilization technology that the U.S. Department of Defense is funding to protect troops on the battlefield soon may…
Simple policies could control a smallpox epidemic
• Infections • Jul 27 06
A series of simple public health policies would be able to effectively contain the spread of smallpox if it were released into a population,…
Antihistamine Identified as Potential Antimalarial Drug
• Infections • Jul 03 06
The allergy medication astemizole could have another life as a potential treatment for malaria, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Johns…
Stopping SARS viruses from reproducing
• Infections • Jul 03 06
In times of the “bird flu” SARS seems to be no threat anymore. This notion is deceptive. Experts assume that viruses causing the severe…
Stopping SARS viruses from reproducing
• Infections • Jun 30 06
In times of the “bird flu” SARS seems to be no threat anymore. This notion is deceptive. Experts assume that viruses causing the severe…
Biomarker Reduces Length of Antibiotic Treatment
• Infections • Jun 30 06
For hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), lower measurements of procalcitonin, a biomarker of infection, can reduce the length of antibiotic treatment by an…
New discovery boosts basic understanding of prion infections
• Infections • Jun 29 06
Brittleness is often seen as a sign of fragility. But in the case of infectious proteins called prions, brittleness makes for a tougher, more…
No prion diseases found in German deer
• Infections • Jun 21 06
Presently, there is no evidence of prion diseases in free-living German cervids.
This is the result of a study conducted by scientists of the…
Who is to blame for the measles epidemic in Britain?
• Infections • Jun 19 06
Health officials in Britain say the country is in the grip of the worst outbreak of measles and have blamed the 20-year high on…