News tagged with fatal infection
Singapore nanotechnology combats fatal brain infections
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Jun 28, 2009 |
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Doctors may get a new arsenal for meningitis treatment and the war on drug-resistant bacteria and fungal infections with novel peptide nanoparticles developed by scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology ...
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Malaria makes relapsing fever more serious
May 08, 2009 |
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Malaria and the Borrelia infection relapsing fever are diseases with similar symptoms that can occur simultaneously. In such cases, the malaria is moderated while the relapsing fever becomes more serious. This is shown in ...
New research links platelets to sepsis-related organ failure
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Scientists at Children's National Medical Center have identified a previously unknown contributor to organ failure in patients suffering from sepsis: platelets.
Report on H1N1 cases in California shows hospitalization can occur at all ages, with many severe
Nov 03, 2009 |
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In contrast with some common perceptions regarding 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infections, an examination of cases in California indicates that hospitalization and death can occur at all ages, and about 30 percent of hospitalized ...
Researcher identifies new target to prevent fatal flu lung complication
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Research led by Dr. Jay Kolls, Professor and Chairman of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has identified a therapeutic target for acute lung injury resulting in acute respiratory distress syndrome, a highly ...
What happens when immune cells just won't die?
Sep 14, 2009 |
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X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) is a rare inherited immunodeficiency most commonly caused by deficiency in the protein SAP.
MRSA pre-screening effective in reducing otolaryngic surgical infection rates
Jan 01, 2009 |
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Pre-operative screening of patients for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may be an effective way to reduce infection rates following otolaryngic surgeries, according to new research published in the January ...
Mutation in human gene helps protect against fatal malaria
Apr 21, 2008 |
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New research suggests that not everyone who is bitten by a malaria-infected mosquito develops life threatening health problems according to scientists at the University of Toronto.
Cosmetic products may cause fatal infections in critically ill patients
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Healthy consumers can handle the low levels of bacteria occasionally found in cosmetics. But for severely ill patients these bacteria may trigger life-threatening infections, as patients in the intensive care unit at one ...
Hepatitis B virus triggers cell 'suicide' in patients with chronic infection
Apr 08, 2008 |
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Scientists from UCL (University College London) have identified a key difference between people who can fight the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) off successfully and those who fail to do so – that a group of cells important in controlling ...
Last-resort lower-body amputation effective in extreme cases of bone infection, 25-year review shows
Nov 17, 2009 |
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A landmark, 25-year review of cases in which surgeons had to remove the lower portion of the body from the waist down for severe pelvic bone infections shows the therapy can add years and quality of life to survivors, say ...
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