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Bacterial respiratory tract colonization before catching influenza may protect against severe disease

Many studies have shown that more severe illness and even death are likely to result if you develop a secondary respiratory infection after developing influenza. Now, however, a team of researchers based at The Wistar Institute has determined that if you reverse the order of infection, the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae (often called pneumococcus) may actually protect against a bad case of the flu.

11 Jul 2014

Scientists develop new weapon against bacterial infections in the form of tiny DNA pyramids

Bacterial infections usually announce themselves with pain and fever but often can be defeated with antibiotics - and then there are those that are sneaky and hard to beat. Now, scientists have built a new weapon against such pathogens in the form of tiny DNA pyramids.

11 Jul 2014

Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes increase risk of West Nile virus

Mosquitoes infected with the bacteria Wolbachia are more likely to become infected with West Nile virus and more likely to transmit the virus to humans, according to a team of researchers.

11 Jul 2014

Study reveals how HIV virus spreads infection

Research led by the University of Adelaide has provided new insights into how the HIV virus greatly boosts its chances of spreading infection, and why HIV is so hard to combat.

10 Jul 2014

Researchers address under-representation of racial/ethnic groups in HIV medical research

A New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN) research team found that a social/behavioral intervention vastly increased the number of African American and Latino individuals living with HIV/AIDS who enrolled in HIV/AIDS medical studies.

10 Jul 2014

Ophthalmologist recommends alternative therapy for Graves' eye disease

Don Parker was facing a second surgery to treat the bulging eyes and double vision he was experiencing due to Graves' eye disease.

10 Jul 2014

New pathway to disabling disease: blocking bacteria's access to iron in the body

In an era of increasing concern about the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant illness, Case Western Reserve researchers have identified a promising new pathway to disabling disease: blocking bacteria's access to iron in the body.

10 Jul 2014

Bacteria in healthy women bladders differ from bacteria in women with incontinence

Bacteria found in the bladders of healthy women differ from bacteria in women with a common form of incontinence, according to researchers from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

10 Jul 2014

New diagnostic procedure helps differentiate psoriasis from eczema

In some patients, the chronic inflammatory skin diseases psoriasis* and eczema** are similar in appearance. Up to now, dermatologists have therefore had to base their decision on which treatment should be selected on their own experience and an examination of tissue samples.

10 Jul 2014

Study explores effects of police arrests on HIV-positive people who use drugs

Practices used in policing injection drug users in Russia might contribute to HIV transmission and overdose mortality.

10 Jul 2014

NIAID launches CRS3123 Phase I trial to treat C. difficile infection

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched an early-stage clinical trial of CRS3123, an investigational oral antibiotic intended to treat Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection.

10 Jul 2014

Fecal transplantation safe, effective for treating C. difficile in immunocompromised patients

Researchers have found that fecal transplantation is effective and safe for treating C. difficile in immunocompromised patients. This is the result of a study led by Colleen Kelly, M.D., a gastroenterologist in the Center for Women's Gastrointestinal Medicine at The Women's Medicine Collaborative.

10 Jul 2014

Pathogen and ranavirus also contribute in amphibian extinctions

Amphibian declines and extinctions around the world have been linked to an emerging fungal disease called chytridiomycosis, but new research from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) shows that another pathogen, ranavirus, may also contribute.

10 Jul 2014

New gene therapy may be effective for fighting fungal infections in cancer patients

Sleeping Beauty and fungal infections - not two items one would normally associate together, but for immunocompromised cancer patients they may prove to be a helpful combination.

9 Jul 2014

Over 650 000 children develop tuberculosis every year in the 22 HBCs according to new estimates

New estimates indicate that over 650 000 children develop tuberculosis (TB) every year in the 22 countries with a high burden of the disease (HBCs)*—almost 25% higher than the total number of new cases worldwide estimated by WHO in 2012 (530 000)**. The research, published in The Lancet Global Health, also suggests that about 15 million children are exposed to TB every year, and roughly 53 million are living with latent TB infection, which can progress to infectious active TB at any time.

9 Jul 2014

Disease/Infection News

Bacterial respiratory tract colonization before catching influenza may protect against severe disease

Scientists develop new weapon against bacterial infections in the form of tiny DNA pyramids

Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes increase risk of West Nile virus

Study reveals how HIV virus spreads infection

Researchers address under-representation of racial/ethnic groups in HIV medical research

Ophthalmologist recommends alternative therapy for Graves' eye disease

New pathway to disabling disease: blocking bacteria's access to iron in the body

Bacteria in healthy women bladders differ from bacteria in women with incontinence

New diagnostic procedure helps differentiate psoriasis from eczema

Study explores effects of police arrests on HIV-positive people who use drugs

NIAID launches CRS3123 Phase I trial to treat C. difficile infection

Fecal transplantation safe, effective for treating C. difficile in immunocompromised patients

Pathogen and ranavirus also contribute in amphibian extinctions

New gene therapy may be effective for fighting fungal infections in cancer patients

Over 650 000 children develop tuberculosis every year in the 22 HBCs according to new estimates

FDA approves Protein Sciences' strain change amendment for Flublok influenza vaccine

Samples from Chobani yogurt contain most virulent form of fungus

New research unit to uncover multi-drug resistant bacteria in hospitals

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