Environmental factors may explain plague re-emergence in northern Africa
Two recent outbreaks of plague in Libya and Algeria are likely due to re-emergence or re-activation of ancient Yersinia pestis from the local area, rather than recent importation from the same distant source, suggest study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 17, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Donor feces more effective than antibiotic for C. difficile infection
Treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection with donor feces infusion is significantly more effective than conventional vancomycin therapy, show results published in The New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 17, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Monitor white blood cell count in pertussis infants
Researchers say that taking early and repeat white blood cell counts could help determine which children with pertussis are at highest risk for death. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 14, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Haiti cholera: less than 50% vaccination needed to halt spread
Researchers have used a mathematical model to show that a surprisingly low level of vaccination coverage would stem the spread of cholera in Haiti that has followed the 2010 earthquake. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 12, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Concern regarding cefixime failure rate in gonorrhea patients
Results from a Canadian study add to those of prior studies suggesting that resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to the cephalosporin antibiotic cefixime is increasing worldwide. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Complications of suppurative otitis media characterized
Researchers emphasize the importance of an early and accurate diagnosis of chronic suppurative otitis media followed by surgical therapy to prevent complications. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 7, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Newly discovered gene predicts HCV interferon response
Researchers have discovered a gene which interferes with the clearance of hepatitis C virus infection. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 7, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Vaccine gives HIV patients a long-term boost
A functional cure for HIV-1 seems feasible after research shows that an immunotherapeutic vaccine demonstrated long-term efficacy at reducing viral load when administered to patients in the early stages of disease. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 7, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Sexual revolution effect may be hiding true extent of HPV prevalence
Human papillomavirus infection in older women is commonly due to reactivation of latent disease rather than new infection, research indicates. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 2, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
IL-17A upregulated in pleural pathobiology
The proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-17A is upregulated in pleural inflammation of bacterial origin and may be valuable as a diagnostic marker, study results indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 2, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
