Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC warns of rise of drug-resistant Shigella bacteria
Public health officials are warning about an increase in drug-resistant strains of the bacteria Shigella.
Feb 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bacteria that cause dysentery also actively block body's ability to fight the infection
Bacterial infections, such as dysentery caused by Shigella, are responsible for millions of deaths each year, but whether these bacteria are also able to interfere with the body's ability to fight the infection was previously ...
May 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find transferable antibiotic resistance gene in pathogen of developing nations
A team of investigators has found that the mcr-1 drug resistance gene, which encodes resistance to a drug that is used as a last resort, has been found for the first time in Shigella flexneri. Shigella are one of the leading ...
Mar 2, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infection tied to California restaurant sickens 188 people
Public health officials in California say at least 188 people in six counties have contracted a bacterial infection after eating at a San Francisco Bay Area restaurant.
Oct 28, 2015
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Infection tied to restaurant leaves 12 in intensive care
Public health officials say at least 93 people contracted a bacterial infection after eating at a San Francisco Bay Area restaurant and that 12 of them people have been hospitalized in intensive care.
Oct 21, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Action against antibiotic resistance begins with the community
To combat antibiotic resistance, scientists need to understand the evolution of bacteria and examine this alongside the characteristics of the populations they infect, according to research published in The Lancet Infectious ...
Apr 28, 2015
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Scientists find new genetic path to deadly diarrheal disease
Scientists have found new genetic information that shows how harmful bacteria cause the acute diarrheal disease shigellosis, which kills more than a million people worldwide each year.
Jun 11, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals potential of manganese in neutralizing deadly Shiga toxin
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have discovered that an element commonly found in nature might provide a way to neutralize the potentially lethal effects of a compound known as Shiga toxin. New results published in ...
Jan 19, 2012
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