Medical residents score poorly in diagnosing and managing tuberculosis
... latent TB, a person is infected with the tubercle bacterium but lacks symptoms and is not contagious, yet is still at risk for developing active disease later on. Just over half of the questions about diagnosing active TB, when an infected person develops TB-related symptoms and is more likely to infect o...Trials underway for 'essential' new TB vaccine
...ainst TB is going into second stage trials. The TB bacterium has for too long managed to stay a step ahead of human efforts as shown by the appearance, especially in HIV positive populations in Southern Africa, of a strain of tuberculosis resistant to virtually all known drugs against TB. To have a new tool fo...Hib vaccine: A critical ally in Asia's effort to reduce child deaths
...ting infants against H. influenzae type b (Hib), a bacterium that causes deadly Hib pneumonia and meningitis, could save hundreds of thousands of children in Asia. Results showed that routine immunization of infants with a Hib conjugate vaccine prevented over one-third of life-threatening pneumonia cases and ...TB test offers patients quicker and easier diagnosis
...ysed for traces of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium which causes most cases of TB. Other procedures for testing for TB are gastric washing and bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage. These invasive procedures involve placing tubes in the stomach, to collect samples of mucus swallowed during the ni...US soldiers in Iraq fighting drug-resistant bacteria after injuries
... "This observation refutes the concept that the bacterium is acquired prior to injury among soldiers deployed to Iraq," Dr. Griffith says. "In addition, this observation adds to the ever growing body of evidence implicating nosocomial transmission as the cause of the ongoing military outbreak." Because o...Cow protein aids in treatment of gastrointestinal disorder
...pylori. The study found that the infection-causing bacterium was eliminated in more patients treated with the traditional therapy plus lactoferrin than with the existing treatments and may be used without risk of resistance. Various studies are under way to evaluate new antibiotics and different therapeutic ...TWAS, illycaff announce Trieste Science Prize winners 2007
...hanisms of toxins, produced by the disease-causing bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv phaseolicola, has led to the development of transgenic beans resistant to the disease. Herrera-Estrella has recently turned his attention to understanding the molecular mechanisms that make it possible for plants to tolerat...Serious illness among children with sickle cell disease reduced with vaccine
... this condition each year. Diseases caused by a bacterium known as pneumococcus are a leading cause of death...e United States. Infections with the pneumococcus bacterium are a leading cause of death among people with SCD. This study shows that rates of serious pneumoco......cluding the Black Death. Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pestis, which multiplies in the gut fleas which have fed on blood from infected aminals. This causes a blockage in the proventriculus the tube which connects the gut and the oesophagus of the flea. This blockage causes the flea to continual...Oral Biology Research Award presented to Russell
...and the description of the protein antigens on the bacterium most associated with dental caries, Streptococcus mutans. His studies have been well-received by the scientific community, since he has over 180 publications in prestigious journals and has been invited to present his work at more than 40 institution...Insight on fruit fly immune system could lead to new types of vaccines, Stanford researchers say
... encounter a microbe a second time. Pham found a bacterium - Streptococcus pneumoniae - that infected the fli...een infected. To ensure it wasn't a fluke of the bacterium she chose, she tested other organisms. She identified a fungus that infects fruit flies in the wild,...Study indicates different treatment may be needed for infection-related breathing problems
... Hardy's research involves pneumonia caused by the bacterium M. pneumoniae , commonly called walking pneumoni...ight exacerbate it." Because the M. pneumoniae bacterium is difficult to kill and often remains in the lungs even after antibiotic treatment and the symptoms...Anthrax attack posed greater potential threat than thought
...etter containing spores of Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes the deadly disease anthrax, was opened in Daschle's office at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. Those in or near Daschle's office, judged likely to have been exposed to the spores, received antibiotics or a vaccine, as di...Tuberculosis risks for health workers in developing countries
...n is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB. In most people, the bug causes no health problems and it remains latent. But about 10% of infected people develop active, potentially fatal TB disease, most commonly in their lungs. More than 90% of the world's cases of TB occur in lo...Molecular structure reveals how botulinum toxin attaches to nerve cells
...urotoxins are produced by Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium found in soil and food. In the body, the toxins bi...ow botulinum neurotoxin B (one of seven toxins the bacterium produces) recognizes receptors on the surface of human neurons. The structure reveals how these toxi...Edible food wrap kills deadly E. coli bacteria
...O157:H7, a potentially deadly strain of the common bacterium Escherichia coli, but tests on other foodborne pathogens, including Salmonella, are ongoing or planned in the future, she says. If they continue to show promise, the coatings could hit the consumer market in a year or two, estimates McHugh, whose stu...Bacteria could make new library of cancer drugs that are too complex to create artificially
...cult to create synthetically on a lab bench. The bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor naturally produce antibiot...he enzymes controlling the process that allows the bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor to create streptorubin B and have gained a clear understanding of which are ...Studies identify food sources of disease and drug resistance
...ors noted that this marked the first time that the bacterium had been recovered from an epidemiologically impli...tibiotic resistance by Enterococcus faecium, a gut bacterium that is an increasing cause of hospital infections. A drug combination called quinupristin-dalfopris...Study shows antibiotic-resistant bacteria responsible for increase in muscle infections
...ine. Staphylococcus aureus, or staph, is a common bacterium found on the skin or in the nose of a quarter to a third of all people. Usually harmless, staph can cause skin infections such as pimples and boils and, less frequently, serious infections of surgical wounds or the bloodstream, and pneumonia. For yea...MRSA surveillance, rapid screening, and hospital hygiene key to preventing future transmission
... genetic characteristics of MRSA; for example, the bacterium readily acquires resistance against all classes of antibiotics by one of two mechanisms: mutation of an existing bacterial gene or horizontal transfer of a resistance gene from another bacterium. Also discussed are key issues such as the case for ...