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Throat swabbing underestimates meningococcal infection (p 1653) and increased risk of meningococcal infection among health-care workers (p 1654)
A research letter published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET suggests that the technique of throat swabbing to detect neisseria meningitidis (N meningitidis; the bacterium that causes meningitis) only identifies a quarter of infections. The relation between carriage of N meningitidis and the progression to disease is not fully understood.... view more... (2000-11-08)
DRUG MAY HELP REDUCE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES OF MENINGOCOCCAL SEPSIS (pp 954, 961)
A modified version of a protein found within white blood cells could help to decrease the severe complications of meningococcal sepsis, according to the results of a trial published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (also known as the meningococcus) causes meningitis, but can also result in sepsis-a... view more... (2000-09-14)
Review: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines effective at preventing child deaths
A study published in The Cochrane Review this month concludes that pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), already known to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and x-ray defined pneumonia, was also effective against child deaths. view more (2009-10-20)
UCF professor finds new way deadly food-borne bacteria spread
University of Central Florida Microbiology Professor Keith Ireton has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that plays an important role in the spread of a deadly food-borne bacterium. view more (2009-09-21)
New test could help catch serious infections in babies
A simple blood test may help detect serious bacterial infections (SBIs) like urinary tract infections and blood stream infections in young infants who come to the emergency department (ED) with fevers that have no clear cause. view more (2008-10-06)
The Medicine Makers - where do new drugs come from?
The emergence of new diseases, and problems with resistance to treatments for existing ones, mean that we constantly need to be looking for new medicines. This conference and exhibition from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) will highlight the role of basic biological research in opening up opportunities for new... view more... (1999-09-08)
Breast cancer drug shows promise against serious infections
An FDA-approved drug used for preventing recurrence of breast cancer shows promise in fighting life-threatening fungal infections common in immune-compromised patients, such as infants born prematurely and patients with cancer. view more (2009-07-21)
Trapping white blood cells proves novel strategy against chronic viral infections
Seeing disease-fighting white blood cells vanish from the blood usually signals a weakened immune system. But preventing white blood cells' circulation by trapping them in the lymph nodes can help mice get rid of a chronic viral infection, researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Emory Vaccine Center have found. view more (2008-08-14)
Trapping white blood cells proves novel strategy against chronic viral infections
Seeing disease-fighting white blood cells vanish from the blood usually signals a weakened immune system. But preventing white blood cells' circulation by trapping them in the lymph nodes can help mice get rid of a chronic viral infection, researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Emory Vaccine Center have found. view more (2008-08-14)
Organ-recipients' deaths prompt call for suppliers of pet rodents to screen for LCMV disease
A case involving seven transplant recipients killed by a rodent-borne virus that they apparently acquired from donated and infected human organs has prompted a recommendation that regulatory authorities require suppliers of pet rodents to screen their colonies for the virus. view more (2006-05-26)
Progress made on group B streptococcus vaccine
Scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have completed a Phase II clinical study that indicates a vaccine to prevent Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection is possible. view more (2009-11-02)
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