Category Archives: Infection

Tuberculosis Testing and Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Summary What is already known about this topic? CDC recommends testing persons at increased risk for tuberculosis (TB) infection as part of routine health care using TB blood tests, when possible, and if a diagnosis of latent TB infection (LTBI) is made, prescribing a short-course treatment regimen. In 2022, approximately three quarters of reported U.S. […]

Proline metabolism aids fungal virulence by visualizing infections deep in living host tissue.

Newswise — An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, SciLifeLab, Stockholm University has published in PLoS Pathogens the first successful application of 2-photon intravital microscopy (IVM) to image the dynamics of fungal infections in the kidney of a living host. The study reveals that the opportunistic human […]

Sliced mushrooms recalled because of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling President’s Choice brand sliced white mushrooms after tests showed contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The implicated mushrooms were distributed in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and possibly other provinces and territories, according to the recall notice posted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Government testing found the […]

New strategies to reduce catheter infections and hospital costs

Payal Patel, MD, an infectious disease physician at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, is the lead researcher behind new recommendations for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections at acute care hospitals worldwide. Employing these essential practices, Dr. Patel asserts, can save hospitals money and improve patient outcomes. The recommendations are the first major update to the […]

Poop transplants might protect vulnerable patients from superbug infections

Thousands of years ago, ancient Egyptians used moldy bread to heal infected cuts and wounds. They may not have realized it, but their bizarre medical practice relied on fungi to create chemicals that kill infection-causing bacteria. This, in other words, was a very rough draft of an antibiotic drug. These types of molds helped Alexander […]

Qnovia Collaborates With UVA to Develop Novel Inhaled Therapies for Lung Infections

The University of Virginia logo (Photo credit: The University of Virginia) Pharmaceutical company Qnovia Inc has announced a promising collaboration with the University of Virginia (UVA) to advance innovative inhaled-drug candidates for treating bacterial infections in the lungs. According to the press release, the partnership leverages the expertise of Qnovia in inhaled drug delivery and […]

New antibiotic targets gonorrhea as well as last existing treatment, study shows

An important Phase 3 trial has shown that a new drug that targets gonorrhea works as well as the last existing antibiotic to treat the sexually transmitted infection, results that could lead to licensure of the first new treatment for gonorrhea in decades. The co-developers of the drug, the nonprofit Global Antibiotic Research & Development […]

Microscopic inflammation in IBD linked to higher risk of serious infections

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an independent risk factor for serious infection, even at very low levels of gastrointestinal inflammation. This has been shown by a study at the University of Gothenburg. IBD is an umbrella term for chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, with a population prevalence of around 0.5%. The main types of IBD are […]

Check Your Cabinets: FDA Warns These 27 Eye Drop Products Could Cause Infection

Twenty-seven eye drop products sold at popular retailers such as CVS and Target could potentially cause eye infections that may lead to vision issues, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned earlier this week. The agency asked that people stop using and discard any of the 27 affected eye drop products. FDA investigators said that […]

Study refines understanding of T cells’ action in HIV immune response

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