Team discovers how cells distinguish friend from foe
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at UC Davis have shown how the innate immune system distinguishes between dangerous pathogens and friendly microbes. Like burglars entering a house, hostile bacteria give themselves away by ...
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Apr 01, 2013 |
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COPD patients at risk of dangerous bacterial infections
It is well known that COPD patients run a higher risk of contracting respiratory infections. However, a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden shows that they are also at higher risk of other bacterial infections, such ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Hydrogen peroxide vapor enhances hospital disinfection of superbugs
Infection control experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital have found that a combination of robot-like devices that disperse a bleaching agent into the air and then detoxify the disinfecting chemical are highly effective at ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 01, 2013 |
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Cheap, simple bacteria test could spare newborns deadly infections
(Medical Xpress)—For babies, the trip from the womb to the outside world is a transition from a blank, sterile slate to host for what will eventually be trillions of microscopic organisms.
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Nov 02, 2012 |
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Genome sequencing helps quell bacterial outbreak in Clinical Center
For six months last year, a deadly outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria kept infection-control specialists at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Clinical Center in a state of high alert. A New York City patient ...
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Aug 22, 2012 |
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Research demonstrates bacterial contamination in pharmacy robots
Drug dispensing robots designed to quickly prepare intravenous medications in a sterile environment can harbor dangerous bacteria, according to a report in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the So ...
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Apr 04, 2012 |
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Compound that halts growth of malaria parasite created
A drug candidate that has shown promise for neutralizing dangerous bacteria also prevents the parasite that causes malaria from growing, new research by a Yale University team headed by Nobel laureate Sidney Altman shows.
Medical research
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Low levels of resistant bacteria found in Chicago-area ambulances
Treatment areas of ambulances fared well when tested for dangerous bacteria, according to a new study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of APIC - the Associ ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 29, 2012 |
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War on hospital infections drags on
At a time when most new moms are bonding with their babies, Cheri Stout-Robinson was hospitalized for treatment of flesh-eating bacteria.
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Dec 06, 2011 |
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Study: Residential washers may not kill hospital-acquired bacteria
Residential washing machines may not always use hot enough water to eliminate dangerous bacteria like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Acinetobacter, a Gram-negative bacteria, from hospital uniforms, ...
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Oct 03, 2011 |
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Doctors' and nurses' hospital uniforms contain dangerous bacteria majority of the time, study shows
More than 60 percent of hospital nurses' and doctors' uniforms tested positive for potentially dangerous bacteria, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the of ...
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Aug 31, 2011 |
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Study finds dangerous bacteria on cell phones of hospital patients
Cell phones used by patients and their visitors were twice as likely to contain potentially dangerous bacteria as those of healthcare workers (HCW), according to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of ...
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May 31, 2011 |
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