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- DEVICE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS: -INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY & INFECTOLOGY: -High-dose daptomycin for cardiac implantable electronic device–related infective endocarditis
BACKGROUND Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED)–related endocarditis is a growing challenge because of increasing incidence and significant mortality. Current treatment is ...
- INFECTOLOGY:- LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE: -Legionnaires disease outbreak linked to hospital's decorative fountain
CHICAGO -- A 2010 outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Wisconsin has been linked to a decorative fountain in a hospital lobby, according to a study published in the February issue of Infection ...
- ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY: -LOW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASTHMA & EOSINOPHILIA: -A large subgroup of mild-to-moderate asthma is persistently non-eosinophilic
A large percentage of patients with mild-to-moderate asthma have persistently non-eosinophilic disease which may not respond to currently available anti-inflammatory treatments, according to a new ...
- TUBERCULOSIS: -Practical preventive therapy for tuberculosis?
Every new episode of tuberculosis — there were 9 million in 20101 — follows a period of asymptomatic infection lasting from weeks to decades. These subclinical infections, which ...
- ALARMING PATTERN OF ANTIBIOTIC USE: -Alarming pattern of antibiotic use in the southeastern United States
Trend data follows release of first-of-its-kind 'drug resistance index' for superbugs Washington, D.C.-- New research suggests a pattern of outpatient antibiotic overuse in parts of the ...
- DECONSTRUCTING LETHAL EPIDEMIC: -Deconstructing a lethal foodborne epidemic
Beginning in early May 2011, northern Germany was the principal site of a massive epidemic of bloody diarrhea and the hemolytic–uremic syndrome caused by Shiga-toxin–producing ...
- HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS: -Health care workers often trade hand hygiene for gloves
More than half didn't wash hands after treating patients, risking spread of infection, study says URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_118455.html November 8, ...
- TREATMENT OF SEPSIS NEONATAL: -Treatment of neonatal sepsis with intravenous immune globulin
Infection is a major cause of death in newborn infants.1 Neonatal infection and inflammation are associated with serious complications, including brain damage and disability, particularly among ...
- INFECTOLOGY: -The threat of Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria
In the 1970s, Chinese government scientists working on a secret “Project 523” developed a new class of potent antimalarial drugs, the artemisinins or qinghaosu derivatives. In mostly ...
- SUSCEPTIBILITY & BACTERIAL RESISTANCE: -What has kept the antibiotic miracle alive?
Being a germ isn't easy. Bacteria need tightly scripted genomes orchestrating precise functions to compete in a crowded microbial world. A lone strain may infect a sterile site in a bigger ...
- GENETIC BACTERIAL RESISTANCE IN ENTEROCOCCUS: -Genetic basis for in vivo daptomycin resistance in enterococci
The treatment of enterococcal infections has become an enormous challenge for clinicians because these organisms frequently exhibit resistance to the standard drugs of choice — namely, ...
- VACCINES: -HIV vaccine development — improving on natural immunity
Although a number of methods of preventing infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have proven effective to varying degrees, it is generally agreed that a safe and effective ...
- PERSISTENT IMMUNITY: -Wistar researchers find signals that preserve the production of anti-viral antibodies
Findings could strengthen the ability of vaccines to maintain anti-viral antibodies (PHILADELPHIA – September 1, 2011) – Our immune system is capable of a remarkable feat: the ...
- INFECTOLOGY: -LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASES: -Cases of legionnaire's disease tripled in 10 years
Most people recover with antibiotic treatment, CDC says August 18, 2011 Health Statistics Legionnaires' Disease Seniors' Health THURSDAY, Aug. 18 -- Cases ...
- INFECTOLOGY & KIDS SPREAD INFECTION: -Kids urged to take steps to avoid spreading illness at school
Sunday, August 14, 2011 SUNDAY, Aug. 14 - As the new school year approaches, pediatricians are reminding parents and kids that children with contagious infections, such as strep ...
