A vaginal yeast infection is a common issue for women and occurs from the growth of too many yeast cells in the vagina. While the symptoms can be bothersome, uncomfortable and embarrassing, the infection isn’t necessarily cause for larger concern. In this post, we’ll cover common causes, prevention and treatment options for women dealing with […]
Category Archives: Infection
Infection
Study finds a large proportion of Michigan’s C. jejuni infections are caused by antibiotic resistant strains
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<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/large-proportion-of-mi.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/large-proportion-of-mi.jpg" data-sub-html="Maximum-likelihood phylogeny of 214 Campylobacter jejuni strains reconstructed using the 615 core-gene sequences (550 736 bp) identified in the pangenomic analysis and rooted at the midpoint. The heat map shows the presence (dark blue shading) or absence (white shading) of the 8781 unique genes (arranged in columns) per strain based on placement in the […]
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(Gray News) – A person in the Austin, Texas, area has died from an amebic meningitis infection, an infection of the brain, health officials announced Wednesday, Austin Public Health said the Travis County, Texas, resident got ill after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson this month. The person who died was not identified. A sample […]
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Health officials in Virginia have announced the state is experiencing an outbreak of rare, but serious meningococcal disease. Twenty-seven cases have been identified since June 2022, which is three times higher than the expected number of cases during this period, according to the Virginia Department of Health. Of those cases, five people have died from […]
TB infection prevention and control should be an integral part of national TB programmes and embedded within the measures taken at all levels in the country to prevent the transmission of infectious conditions. The new operational handbook will facilitate country adaptation and implementation of TB infection prevention and control measures. It emphasizes the importance of building […]
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has responded to speculation that it may be considering the return of mask mandates amid a rise in coronavirus infections linked to the emergence of new variants of the virus. A spokesperson for the agency told Newsweek it currently has no intention to call for a return […]
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Infectious disease experts at UCHealth are encouraging residents to stay up to date on their flu shots ahead of the upcoming virus season this fall and winter. COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are expected to be circulating at the same time. Flu season typically peaks in December going into the holiday season, and lasts until […]
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Researchers used a virus to treat patients with an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection and found good clinical outcomes in 86.6 percent of patients. The study, published Aug. 9 in Cell, treated 15 patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections using a virus called PASA16 and antibiotics. Patients received a once- to twice-daily regimen for a minimum of eight […]
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This short series on RSV is a collaboration between Contagion, Contemporary Pediatrics, and Contemporary OB/GYN. Check back every week for additional stories and interviews with clinicians and key RSV stakeholders. When first discovered in 1956, RSV was initially seen as a virus that affected chimpanzees. They isolated the virus and discovered it caused illness in young […]