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New study overturns orthodoxy on how macrophages kill bacteria
Apr 27, 2009 |
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For decades, microbiologists assumed that macrophages, immune cells that can engulf and poison bacteria and other pathogens, killed microbes by damaging their DNA. A new study from the University of Illinois ...
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C. difficile hypervirulence genes identified
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Five genetic regions have been identified that are unique to the most virulent strain of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), the hospital superbug. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biolog ...
Scientists study emerging strains of superbug Clostridium difficile
Feb 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New and emerging strains of the bacteria Clostridium difficile (C.diff) are being studied by scientists in Glasgow, London and Cambridge in an attempt to understand the rise in the reported incidence of this ...
H1N1 pandemic virus does not mutate into 'superbug' in new lab study
Sep 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that some of the worst fears about a virulent H1N1 pandemic flu season may not be realized this year, but does demonstrate ...
Brucella abortus S19 genome sequenced; points toward virulence genes
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Jun 05, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech and the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, and collaborators at 454 Life Sciences of Branford, Conn., have sequenced the genome of Brucella ab ...
Pediatric vaccine effectively prevents pneumococcal meningitis
Jan 14, 2009 |
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A standard pediatric vaccine used to prevent several common types of life-threatening infections also effectively reduced the rates of another disease, pneumococcal meningitis, in children and adults, according to a multi-center ...
Gene technology to fight lethal hospital acquired infection
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Jan 19, 2009 |
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Scientists at The University of Nottingham are leading a major European study to unravel the genetic code of one of the most lethal strains of hospital acquired infections.
MRSA strain linked to high death rates
Nov 01, 2009 |
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A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford ...
Swine flu monitoring needed for farm workers, study says
Feb 11, 2008 |
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A University of Alberta study recommends that workers on pig farms be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness, after a child on a communal farm in Canada was diagnosed with swine flu in 2006.
Study provides greater understanding of lyme disease-causing bacteria
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Lyme disease in the U.S. is caused by the tick-borne bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and usually begins with a skin lesion, after which the bacteria spread throughout the body to the nervous system, heart or joints. About ...
Salmonella's sweet tooth predicts its downfall
May 19, 2009 |
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For the first time UK scientists have shown what the food poisoning bug Salmonella feeds on to survive as it causes infection: glucose.
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