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...ample, doctors often put children with respiratory infections on antibiotics until they get their test results. If a diagnosis from a saliva test were available right away, it could prevent unnecessary use of antibiotics, which can lead to bacterial resistance. "For the first time there are at least seven major...Pall-Aquasafe protects patients from exposure to waterborne contaminated medical equipment
... to the increase of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections worldwide, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality especially among immunocompromised patients. Healthcare regulators around the globe have issued guidelines, many specifying the use of 0.2 micron point-of use filters, to prevent patient exposure ...Molecular machine may lead to new drugs to combat human diseases
...ses such as some forms of cancer and opportunistic infections that plague HIV patients. Purdue University resear...e Group I introns, including the HIV opportunistic infections pneumocystis, a form of pneumonia, and thrush, an infection of tissues in the oral cavity. This make...Rapid, new test develped for inherited immune deficiency
...lar Biology Branch. "And some babies develop fatal infections before their condition is recognized. Recent resea...erts suspect that many children with SCID die from infections before being diagnosed, so the true incidence of the disease may be even higher. Newborn screening m...Genome of deadly amoeba shows surprising complexity, evidence of lateral gene transfer
...f those who are hosts to the parasite. "Intestinal infections are one of the major health problems in developing countries and the number of people who are infected with amoeba cysts is enormous," he says. Typically, those cysts are transmitted when people ingest contaminated food or water. The disease c...Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists identify immune-system mutation
...al for combating intracellular viral and bacterial infections (cell-mediated immunity) and also for helping other white blood cells (B cells, derived from bone marrow) generate antibodies against foreign agents that enter the body. Other T cells are known as killer cells because they attack foreign invaders mo...Licorice licks herpes virus infection
...symptoms and distress. While treatment for active infections is progressing nicely, it remains very challenging...ompounds might be useful in treating clinical KSHV infections is of considerable interest. GA represents the first example of an anti-viral agent that specificall...JCI table of contents March 1, 2005
...symptoms and distress. While treatment for active infections is progressing nicely, it remains very challenging...ompounds might be useful in treating clinical KSHV infections is of considerable interest. GA represents the first example of an anti-viral agent that specificall...Bugs, even 'bad' ones, can be educationally beneficial, new book says
...in which tsetse flies were feasting on and causing infections in cows in Zimbabwe. Entomologists led by Steve To...ped in insecticide on cattle ranches. Instances of infections dropped from 10,000 to 50 per year. These findings were reported in the journal Science in 2001. Not...JCI table of contents April 1, 2005
...responses, lymphoma, and often-fatal mononucleosis infections are unknown. Although mouse models of XLP have been generated, they have limitations due to differences in how mice and man develop the disease. In a study appearing online on March 3 in advance of the April 1 print issue of the Journal of Clinica...'Hobbit' fossil likely represents new branch on human family tree
...y microcephaly, which can be caused by exposure to infections or toxins in the womb," Hildebolt notes. "But there are reports that scientists in Indonesia have found more fossils like the Hobbit. As those surface, it becomes much harder to attribute their brain size to secondary microcephaly." Scientists also f...... least one of the drugs commonly used to treat the infections they cause, according to the Food and Drug Adminis...problem for a host of diseases, from childhood ear infections to malaria. Last year, the FDA published a report calling attention to inefficiencies in the drug a...Pioneering PET/CT research widens applications of imaging for diabetic foot
... explaining that antibiotic therapy can cure these infections if administered in time. Keidar and his colleagues at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, used PET/CT, the novel technology that combines two imaging modalities in one device, in their study of foot infection. By using labeled glucose (radiotrac...Doctors closer to using gene analysis to help trauma patients
...ze which genes are active in patients with serious infections or traumatic injuries. Researchers want to understand the genetic features that enhance a patient's recovery as well as the elements that cause people to die sometimes weeks after an injury occurs. Identifying those factors could help physicians choo...Norovirus found to cause traveler's diarrhea
... of traveler's diarrhea, thus indicating that dual infections among individuals experiencing traveler's diarrhea may be more common than previously thought. The authors said that further research into the role of Noroviruses in traveler's diarrhea is warranted. The simple, inexpensive molecular diagnostic techn...Study: Soap and water work best in ridding hands of disease viruses
...dings are important because health-care associated infections rank in the top five causes of death, with an estimated 90,000 deaths each year in the United States," Rutala said. "Hand hygiene agents have been shown to reduce the incidence of health-care associated infections, and a variety of hand hygiene agent...To control germs, scientists deploy tiny agents provocateurs
SAN DIEGO - Aiming to thwart persistent bacterial infections and better control group behaviors of certain micr... year reported that almost 80 percent of bacterial infections are in the biofilm forma. Biofilms can often constitute several species of bacteria and can be both...Anti cancer virotherapy well tolerated in first human administration, research finds
...urally and routinely in the community causing mild infections in adult humans. Previously the Shafren group has published research on CVA21 that showed success in specifically targeting and killing melanoma cells in mice . The virotherapy technique involves the specific targeting and killing of cancer cells thr...Light therapy may combat fungal infections, new evidence suggests
...d as a therapy for fungal infections, particularly infections at the body surface, such as those of skin or nails." Laser therapy might also be possible for certain fungal sinus infections, he added. The finding that Cryptococcus shares its light-sensing mechanism with other distantly related fungi also has imp...Cure no quick fix for cancer survivors on long road to recovery
...ny patients suffer physical complications, such as infections or toxicity from intensive chemotherapy and radiation treatment, he said. And both the patient and the family must often travel to specialized tertiary care centers distant from the home, requiring them to establish a temporary residence for a number...