Infectious diseases arise from bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites and can spread through contact, contaminated food or water, or weakened immunity. Common types include bacterial infections (e.g., strep…
Cellulitis is a bacterial skin infection causing redness, swelling, and pain, often in the lower legs. Tom Warren, MD, explains it results from bacteria entering compromised skin barriers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a study of healthy adolescents, a quadrivalent meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccine was more immunogenic than the currently licensed unconjugated vaccine. Adolescents are at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A gene therapy protocol developed by scientists in Australia and the US for treatment of HIV-1 infection suppressed viral load and increased CD4…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An ultrasensitive assessment of HIV-RNA levels in HAART-treated patients with subclinical viral loads reveals that nevirapine-based regimens are more effective in this setting…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women, a 1-day regimen of nitrofurantoin is significantly less effective than the standard 7-day regimen, results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Since the end of 2005, the US Food and Drug Administration has received nine reports of fatalities due to babesiosis transmitted by transfusions,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In most cases of intra-amniotic inflammation leading to preterm birth, bacteria that are undetectable using standard cultures appear to play a causative role,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single annual injection of the bisphosphonate zoledronate effectively treats HIV-associated bone loss and is generally well tolerated, a study confirms. In HIV-infected…
260 people die each day from dirty hands and dirty instruments! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the health care industry’s own monitoring agencies,…
260 people die each day from dirty hands and dirty instruments! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the health care industry’s own monitoring agencies,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) The incidence of invasive fungal infections in very low birthweight neonates is significantly reduced in those given prophylactic bovine lactoferrin, an Italian group reports…
