B. cenocepacia Abundant in Men with Chronic Pelvic Pain
Species and genus composition differ for men with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome, controls.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Diabetes Patients Have Higher Mortality from Infections
Risk up for various infections; increased risk seems greater for type 1 than type 2 diabetes.
BCG Vaccine Phase II Trial Approved for Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers will look at effects of the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine in people with longstanding type 1 diabetes.
Infections Hike Cardiovascular Event Risk in Kidney Disease Patients
The magnitude of the increased risk was similar to that of having a previous cardiovascular event.
Whatever Happened to the AIDS Crisis?
Chronic diseases such as end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have now surpassed opportunistic infections as the leading cause of death among HIV-infected patients.
Kidney Transplantation More Successful in HIV Than Hepatitis C
Refuting common wisdom, research shows that HIV patients fared better than those with hepatitis C.
Extranasal S. aureus Common In Maintenance HD Patients
Extranasal Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of healthcare-associated infections in hemodialysis patients.
Never Share Diabetes Pens, FDA Warns
Even if the needle is changed, diabetes pens may harbor traces of blood on other parts.
CRE Patient Will Sue Endocope Manufacturer
An 18-year-old student now hospitalized amid UCLA’s “superbug” outbreak will sue the maker of the hard-to-clean medical instruments linked to six other infections and two deaths, the teen’s lawyer said Friday. Contaminated endoscopes, manufactured by Olympus Corp. of the Americas, were used in nearly 200 procedures at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center between October and January. Hospital…
Ebola Survivors Could Pave the Way for Treatments
After successfully treating four Ebola patients last year, Emory University in Atlanta is now leading a government-funded project that will use blood from survivors of the deadly virus to test a novel way of treating infectious disease. Traditional vaccines boost the immune system’s response to infections. The new project will inject people with genetic material,…
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