Category Archives: Infection

Muskaan Hussain is caught somewhere between processing the grief of losing her father, and searching for answers about the fungal infection that took his life. Key points: Muhammad Hussain contracted an infection after his surgery in Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital Five heart transplants patients from the hospital fell ill from fungal infections, including two who have since died […]

Two hospital patients have died and three others have contracted fungal infections after receiving heart transplants at a major Queensland healthcare facility. Five transplant patients were infected at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, where elevated levels of mould were detected in an area where equipment for organ retrieval was kept. Muhammad Hussain was one […]

Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about her poster on results from the ARMOR Study and latest diagnostic and therapeutic advancements in ocular infections at this year’s American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting. Video Transcript Editor’s note – This transcript has been edited for clarity. Penny Asbell, MD, FACS: Hi. You know, what could be […]

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Louisiana health clinics are seeing a spike in the RSV respiratory infection, along with increases in flu and COVID-19 cases. Amid more runny noses, sneezing, coughing fits and fevers, doctors told Fox 8 it’s not unusual to see an uptick in cases among adults and children due to the start of […]

The United States has been witnessing a spike in new highly contagious COVID-19 variant ‘HV.1’ cases. This variant is credited for over a quarter of all coronavirus cases since October end, Hindustan Times reported.  According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the HV.1 variant which is also dominating EG.5 aka Eris accounted […]

Bengaluru: In a new study, researchers from IISc have developed bio-inspired nanostructures on poly (ethylene terephthalate) or PET that can physically rupture bacterial cells. PET is a commercial polymer having widespread use in packaging and biomedical industries.“Bacterial cells can attach to and colonise different metallic and polymer surfaces, including hospital beds, door handles, exhaust vents […]

Clinical characteristics and outcomes Complete clinical data were obtained from 40 patients with Acinetobacter spp. BSI during the study period. The clinical characteristics of patients with Acinetobacter spp. BSI who survived or died within 30 days are summarised in Table 1. The sex distribution was similar between the groups, with a median age of 25.5 years […]

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