Category Archives: Infection

Doctors hope to avoid post-Thanksgiving bump in illnesses as COVID-19, flu and RSV spread

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Doctors are preparing for a post-Thanksgiving bump in holiday illnesses – ’tis the season for togetherness and spreading germs. Doctors are hoping to avoid another trifecta of infections with COVID-19, flu and RSV –  respiratory syncytial virus – all happening at the same time. “We started to see this start to increase […]

Pope Francis getting antibiotics intravenously for lung infection

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is receiving antibiotics intravenously to treat a lung inflammation and will scale back some appointments, but he doesn’t have pneumonia or fever, the Vatican said today. Francis himself on Sunday revealed that he was suffering from the inflammation problem, explaining why he didn’t keep his weekly window appointment to greet […]

Researchers believe dog illness is caused by bacterial infection

Veterinarians like Dr. Kristie Welsh see dogs with respiratory sickness all the time. But recently, she feared one dog might have been Lee County’s first case of Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex, better known as the “mysterious dog disease” that started to sweep across the country in November. “She was hospitalized for several days, was […]

These volunteers want to be infected with disease to aid research — will their altruism help?

Keller Scholl got out of quarantine 13 days ago, and he’s still not feeling 100%. The itchiness — far and away the worst symptom, he says — is mostly gone, and now the graduate student just feels exhausted. “I’m trying to get enough sleep,” he says. Scholl’s symptoms might be uncomfortable, but they are also […]

From immunology to artificial intelligence: revolutionizing latent tuberculosis infection diagnosis with machine learning

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Cryptosporidium infections in asymptomatic calves up to 4 months in Poland: a cross-sectional population study

Abstract Cattle cryptosporidiosis is noted worldwide with varied frequency of infection prevalence depending on geographical, environmental and husbandry factors. In this study, the prevalence of Cryptosporidium infections in cattle was determined on the basis of molecular results obtained by testing 1601 faecal samples collected from calves up to 4 months of age housed in all Polish […]

Mycobacterial infections rare among people with diabetic foot infections

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Global Infectious Disease Diagnostics Market Size To Worth USD 38.02 Billion By 2032

New York, United States, Nov. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Global Infectious Disease Diagnostics Market Size is to Grow from USD 22.47 Billion in 2022 to USD 38.02 Billion by 2032, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.4% during the forecast period. Get a Sample PDF Brochure: https://www.sphericalinsights.com/request-sample/2552 Infectious disease diagnostics involve […]

Endoscopic and histopathological hints on infections in patients of common variable immunodeficiency disorder with gastrointestinal symptoms

We retrospectively reviewed 21 CVID patients with GI symptoms who underwent endoscopy and biopsy. The key findings included: (i) Chronic diarrhea with malabsorption was the predominant clinical manifestation of CVID enteropathy. (ii) Small bowel was mainly affected with distinctive endoscopic features such as mucosal edema, villous atrophy, and extensive NLH. Accordingly, the histopathology revealed villous […]

Pathogen species are the risk factors for postoperative infection of patients with transurethral resection of the prostate: a retrospective study

Abstract This study aimed to analyze the infection risk factors for transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and establish predictive models to help make personalized treatment plans. Our study was designed one-center and retrospectively enrolled 1169 benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients. Risk factors were explored for postoperative infection. A TURP-postoperative infection (TURP-PI) model with infection […]