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Researchers identify how smaller hospitals can reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics

Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have completed a study identifying how community hospitals with fewer than 200 beds can develop antibiotic stewardship programs that work to prevent the growth of antibiotic-resistant organisms, or "superbugs," which are becoming more common and deadly.

30 Apr 2018

BD Launches BD FACSymphony™ S6 High Parameter Cell Sorter to Enable Sorting of Rare Cell Types

BD, a leading global medical technology company, today announced the launch of the BD FACSymphony system, a novel cell analyzer enabling the simultaneous measurement of up to 50 different characteristics of a single cell.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 28 Apr 2018

America's medical school selects enlisted service members interested in becoming military doctors

Twenty-three non-commissioned officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps have been given the opportunity to follow their dreams of becoming physicians thanks to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program, or EMDP2.

28 Apr 2018

New MoU signed to accelerate advancement of early-stage life sciences start-ups

The Wistar Institute and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin), a nonprofit conglomerate of partners providing direct/seed funding, mentorship and networks to strengthen enterprise development, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the advancement of early-stage life sciences start-ups coming out of Wistar.

28 Apr 2018

Researchers target and kill disease-causing bacteria using cocktail of viruses

Imagine that you have become ill because you have eaten some food that contained pathogenic bacteria. You keep running to the toilet and you may also throw up. You go to the doctor and are prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics, which - in addition to killing the bad bacteria in your intestinal flora - carpet bomb the complex community of commensal bacteria forming a healthy intestinal flora.

26 Apr 2018

Abdominal pain should be seen as a warning sign for invasive meningococcal disease

Patients with meningococcal infection generally develop symptoms including a high temperature, vomiting and a stiff neck... but they might also just have a bad stomach ache. This can be so severe that they are sometimes wrongly operated for appendicitis.

26 Apr 2018

Smart phone video app appears to be as effective as in-person visits for monitoring TB treatment

Johns Hopkins researchers report success with a smart phone video-based app that substitutes for a daily in-person visit by a health care worker required for tuberculosis treatment known as directly observed therapy, or DOT.

26 Apr 2018

Study finds no evidence of chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques

Chronic wasting disease did not cross the species barrier to infect cynomolgus macaque monkeys during a lengthy investigation by National Institutes of Health scientists exploring risks to humans.

26 Apr 2018

New diagnostic methods offer better chance for more accurate detection of Lyme disease

New tests to detect early Lyme disease – which is increasing beyond the summer months – could replace existing tests that often do not clearly identify the infection before health problems occur.

25 Apr 2018

Researchers develop low-cost, portable laboratory on a phone to detect infections

Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a phone that works nearly as well as clinical laboratories to detect common viral and bacterial infections.

24 Apr 2018

NuProbe to commercialize Wyss Institute's new technology to facilitate precision medicine

NuProbe Global will commercialize the Wyss Institute's DNA nanotechnology-based variant-detecting method as a fast, low-cost and multiplexed molecular diagnostic for different disease areas, including cancer and infectious diseases.

24 Apr 2018

Gene related to high fatality could be used as biomarker in patients with P. aeruginosa infection

Researchers discovered an easily measured gene linked to a high fatality rate, which could be used as a novel prognostic biomarker in patients with a Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) bloodstream infection, according to research presented at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

23 Apr 2018

Contact precautions do not limit spread of drug-resistant bacteria in ICUs

Contact precautions, used in addition to the standard precautions, the basic level of infection control applied to all patients, did not limit or prevent the spread of drug-resistant bacteria in non-intensive care unit hospital wards, according to research presented at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

23 Apr 2018

ECDC analysis highlights measles vaccination gaps in teenagers and young adults

ECDC data show that up to 80% of teenagers and young adults who contracted measles in 2017 had not been vaccinated. ECDC analysis of sub-national data indicates that even countries with high overall levels of vaccine coverage may have groups that are unvaccinated.

23 Apr 2018

Researchers trigger E. coli’s toxin-antitoxin system to inhibit bacterial growth

According to new research, the toxin-antitoxin (TA) system found within E. coli can be induced to inhibit the growth of the bacterium. This may have important consequences for human infection.

23 Apr 2018

Researchers identify target gene in P. aeruginosa infection

Researchers have discovered a gene linked to fatal outcomes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infection that could be used as a novel prognostic biomarker and treatment target.

23 Apr 2018

Scientists illustrate role of novel chromosomal mutations in fosfomycin resistance

Researchers identified novel chromosomal mutations and described their role in the development of resistance of Escherichia coli (E. coli) to broad-spectrum antibiotic fosfomycin, according to research presented at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

23 Apr 2018

Study findings could open new possibilities for treating cancer with adenovirus

Adenovirus is a common virus that causes infectious diseases of the respiratory tract, eyes and gastrointestinal tract in humans and animals. Researchers at Umeå University study molecular mechanisms of infection in order to understand how adenovirus causes disease.

20 Apr 2018

BD introduces new informatics and automation solutions for clinical laboratories

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, today introduced several new informatics and automation solutions for clinical laboratories, which may play a critical role in the fight against infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 20 Apr 2018

GNA Biosolutions and project partners launch new research project to develop TB diagnostic platform for POC applications

Molecular technology company GNA Biosolutions GmbH and its project partners announced the launch of PITBUL, a European Commission funded international research project aimed at developing a tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic platform to be utilized at the Point of Care.

From HP Health Solutions Germany GmbH 20 Apr 2018

Infectious Diseases News and Research

Researchers identify how smaller hospitals can reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics

BD Launches BD FACSymphony™ S6 High Parameter Cell Sorter to Enable Sorting of Rare Cell Types

America's medical school selects enlisted service members interested in becoming military doctors

New MoU signed to accelerate advancement of early-stage life sciences start-ups

Researchers target and kill disease-causing bacteria using cocktail of viruses

Abdominal pain should be seen as a warning sign for invasive meningococcal disease

Smart phone video app appears to be as effective as in-person visits for monitoring TB treatment

Study finds no evidence of chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques

New diagnostic methods offer better chance for more accurate detection of Lyme disease

Researchers develop low-cost, portable laboratory on a phone to detect infections

NuProbe to commercialize Wyss Institute's new technology to facilitate precision medicine

Gene related to high fatality could be used as biomarker in patients with P. aeruginosa infection

Contact precautions do not limit spread of drug-resistant bacteria in ICUs

ECDC analysis highlights measles vaccination gaps in teenagers and young adults

Researchers trigger E. coli’s toxin-antitoxin system to inhibit bacterial growth

Researchers identify target gene in P. aeruginosa infection

Scientists illustrate role of novel chromosomal mutations in fosfomycin resistance

Study findings could open new possibilities for treating cancer with adenovirus

BD introduces new informatics and automation solutions for clinical laboratories

GNA Biosolutions and project partners launch new research project to develop TB diagnostic platform for POC applications

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