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New Anti-Fungal Treatment Developed By Researchers
A new anti-fungal plastic derived treatment has been developed by scientists that has shown efficacy against fluconazole resistant strains. This study was published in the journal of Nature...
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Cholesterol Plays A Critical Role In Hantavirus Infection
Viruses mutate fast, which means they can quickly become resistant to anti-viral drugs. But viruses also depend on proteins and nutrients provided by their hosts, and therefore one strategy to identify...
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Microsporidiosis a Possible Cause of Infection in Transplant Patients
Microsporidiosis should be considered in febrile transplant patients when common infections are not found or response to standard therapies is poor, according to an article being published in Annals of...
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U.S. Survey Reveals 2.7 Million Living with Chronic Hep C Virus
A survey of U.S. households conducted between 2003 and 2010 revealed that approximately 2.7 million US residents are infected with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). This figure marks a decrease by about...
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Pregnancy Associated With Greater Risk of Certain Bacterial Infection, Which...
In a surveillance study of infection with the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae among women of reproductive age in England and Wales from 2009-2012, pregnancy was associated with a greater risk of this...
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How Rotavirus Infection Accelerates Autoimmune Diabetes in a Mouse Model
Bottom Line: A combination of genetic predisposition and environmental factors is believed to cause autoimmune (type 1) diabetes. A study published on March 27th inPLOS Pathogens gets at the mechanisms...
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Administering Blood Transfusions to Patients With Lower Levels of Hemoglobin...
Bottom Line: Restricting red blood cell (RBC) transfusions among hospitalized patients to those with hemoglobin (the iron-containing protein in RBCs) measures below a certain level is associated with a...
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Medications Causing Neutropenia
Neutropenia: Neutropenia is a disorder of granulocyte in which abnormal level of neutrophils within a body occur. Neutrophils are one of the important type of white blood cells (WBCs) that play vital...
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Wolbachia Enhances West Nile Virus in Culex Tarsalis
Bottom Line: Mosquitoes infected with the bacteria Wolbachia are more likely to become infected with West Nile virus and more likely to transmit the virus to humans, according to a team of researchers....
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High Alcohol Intake Linked to Heightened HPV Infection Risk in Men
Bottom Line: A high alcohol intake is linked to a heightened risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among men, suggests research in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. The findings seem...
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