Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Guidance provided for reporting foodborne illness
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers guidance for health care professionals on reporting foodborne illnesses.
Jul 27, 2018
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News tagged with hemolytic uremic syndrome
Immunology
Hemolytic uremic syndrome: Search for the best treatment regimen with one of the world's most expansive medications
(Medical Xpress)—Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a severe illness that may lead to a complete loss of renal function. Most of the HUS cases are caused by infection with the shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli, well ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Maine expanding probe into E. coli after 1-year-old boy dies
Maine public health authorities confirmed Friday that one child—identified by his father as a 20-month-old boy from the town of Poland—has died and another was hospitalized after both attended a county fair and then showed ...
Oct 9, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monoclonal antibody effective in treating life-threatening renal disease
(Medical Xpress)—Two clinical studies have shown that the monoclonal antibody eculizumab is effective in treating patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a life-threatening, chronic, and progressive inflammatory ...
Jun 6, 2013
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Genetics
Certain mutations affect kidney disease risk and prognosis
Certain gene mutations affect individuals' risk of developing a serious kidney condition, as well as their prognosis after being diagnosed with the disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal ...
Feb 21, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Treating intestinal E. coli infection with antibiotic may reduce duration of bacterial carriage
In the E coli outbreak in Germany in May 2011, treatment with azithromycin was associated with a lower frequency of long-term carriage of the bacteria and shorter duration of shedding of the bacteria in stool specimens, according ...
Mar 13, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New findings about the way cells work could lead to a test and therapy for kidney failure caused by E. coli
Ever since the water supply in Walkerton, Ont., was contaminated by E. coli in 2000, Dr. Philip Marsden has been trying to figure out just how a toxin released by that particular strain of the bacteria causes kidney damage ...
Jan 10, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
IV fluids may reduce severity of kidney failure in kids with E. coli infection
Infection with E. coli bacteria can wreak havoc in children, leading to bloody diarrhea, fever and kidney failure.
Jul 23, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
French woman dies of E. coli
(AP) -- A 78-year-old French woman died early Saturday morning from complications of E. coli infection but a doctor said she was not suffering from the strain that has infected many other people in France and Germany.
Jul 2, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New technology helps fight deadly outbreaks
Sequencing the DNA of outbreak-causing microbes is nothing new -- but completing the entire process in a few short hours is.
Jun 24, 2011
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