Infections

Infections in childhood linked to high risk of ischemic stroke

Common infections in children pose a high risk of ischemic stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2012.…    

New guidelines to prevent infection in minor surgery

New guidelines from the Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) aimed at minimising surgical infection in day centres and primary care are now published in the…    

Study Finds Virus to Be Fast Learner on Infecting

Viruses regularly evolve new ways of making people sick, but scientists usually do not become aware of these new strategies until years or centuries…    

U.S. hepatitis A vaccine rates vary widely, survey shows

Although about 85 percent of kids in two U.S. states have had a complete set of hepatitis A vaccines, overall just three in 10…    

Entry point for hepatitis C infection identified

A molecule embedded in the membrane of human liver cells that aids in cholesterol absorption also allows the entry of hepatitis C virus, the…    

Emergency room visits risky for elderly residents from long-term care facilities

Elderly patients who have visited an emergency department (ED) are three times more likely to develop respiratory or gastrointestinal infections in the week following…    

A new way to stimulate the immune system and fight infection

These new data are an essential step towards understanding the operation of these key cells in the immune system, and they could provide a…    

More labs close to deadly bird flu mutations: researcher

An international debate over whether to censor new research on bird flu may soon prove academic, as other laboratories close in on similar findings…    

Anti-infective drug shortages pose threat to public health and patient care

Shortages of key drugs used to fight infections represent a public health emergency and can put patients at risk, according to a review published…    

Many high-risk Americans don’t get hepatitis B vaccine

Although there is an effective vaccine for hepatitis B and public health officials have a strong sense of who is at highest risk for…    

Few hospitals aggressively combat catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Hospitals are working harder than ever to prevent hospital-acquired infections, but a nationwide survey shows few are aggressively combating the most common one –…    

Green tea flavonoid may prevent reinfection with hepatitis C virus following liver transplantation

German researchers have determined that epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)—a flavonoid found in green tea—inhibits the hepatitis C virus (HCV) from entering liver cells. Study findings available…    

2 out of 3 medical students do not know when to wash their hands

Only 21 percent of surveyed medical students could identify five true and two false indications of when and when not to wash their hands…    

Many parents request delays in vaccine schedule

More than three quarters of pediatricians said they sometimes or often get asked by parents to use an “alternative” vaccination schedule that strays from…    

Fewer babies get chicken pox when kids are vaccinated

Even though babies under one year old are too young to get the chicken pox vaccine, far fewer of them got the itchy rash…    

Zinc supplementation does not protect young African children against malaria

A study led by Hans Verhoef, a researcher at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and…    

Results in ‘Science’ could identify new ways to design vaccines, antibiotics

A University of Louisville scientist has determined for the first time how the bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease manipulates our cells to generate the…    

Pneumonia most common infection after heart surgery

Pneumonia - not a deep incision surgical site infection - is the most common serious infection after heart surgery, according to new research (Abstract…    

Lipid Blocks Influenza Infection

A natural lipid in the fluid lining the lungs inhibits influenza infections in both cell cultures and mouse models, according to researchers at National…    

Researchers discover why measles spreads so quickly

Measles virus is perhaps the most contagious virus in the world, affecting 10 million children worldwide each year and accounting for 120,000 deaths. An…    

Drugs used to tackle hospital-acquired infections can increase post-op complications

The introduction of new antibiotic regimes to tackle hospital-acquired infections, such as C. difficile, must take into account the possibility of increased infections following…    

An Antibiotic Effect Minus Resistance

After 70 years, antibiotics are still the primary treatment for halting the spread of bacterial infections. But the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is now…    

Malaria scientist celebrates success after 24 years

For Joe Cohen, a GlaxoSmithKline research scientist who has spent 24 years trying to create the world’s first malaria vaccine, Tuesday, October 18, 2011…    

World’s first malaria vaccine works in major trial

An experimental vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline halved the risk of African children getting malaria in a major clinical trial, making it likely to become the…    

Cholera epidemic spreads in west, central Africa: U.N.

A cholera epidemic sweeping through west and Central Africa, one of the biggest in the vast region’s history, has infected more than 85,000 people,…