TB & Outbreaks Week articles from January 2002

TB & Outbreaks Week archives from January 2002

Interferon-(gamma) Is Not Beneficial During Pneumonia.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the Netherlands say that interferon (IFN)-(gamma), which usually helps ward off infections, may have the opposite effect in some forms of...

Heightened Interleukin-15 Expression Seen In Inflammatory Lung Conditions.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Canada and France have found a potential therapeutic target in patients suffering from inflammatory lung diseases. "IL-15 [interleukin-15]...

Studying Measles Epidemics Prepares For Bioterrorism.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infectious diseases and epidemics are the nightmares of bioterrorism, but a team of researchers is investigating historic measles epidemics to better understand the dynamics of disease spread. ...

Transmission Speed May Outpace Public Health Response.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - If smallpox is suddenly reintroduced into human populations, its speed of transmission will likely overwhelm early efforts to contain it, researchers in the...

Antibiotic Use May Be Increasing Refractory Baltimore Infections.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Antibiotic overuse may be contributing to the rising incidence of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in Baltimore, researchers warn. ...

Study Measures Economic Benefits Of TB Vaccine.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation (SGTBF) has announced the results of a study performed by David M. Bishai and Daniel Mercer of the Johns Hopkins University, whose work was supported by a...

Quorex Pharmaceuticals Names CFO Intellectual Property Director.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quorex Pharmaceuticals, which focuses on the development of new classes of broad-spectrum anti-infectives for treatment of serious bacterial infections, has appointed Gary J.G. Atkinson, CPA, to the...

BTG Acquires Technology With Potential For Real-Time Anthrax Detection.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BTG (BGC) has acquired a new diagnostic technology that has the potential to offer real-time detection of infectious diseases such as anthrax, smallpox, AIDS and influenza. The primary application...

CDC Validates Biothreat Test Kits For Cepheid Smart Cycler.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed and validated test kits for several biothreat agents optimized for use on Cepheid's Smart Cycler DNA detection systems. The...

Cryolife, Inc., Aids In Search Of Rare Bacterial Infection.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoLife, Inc., a life-science company involved in the development and commercialization of cryopreserved and tissue-engineered implantable heart valves, vascular and orthopedic reconstruction grafts,...

4SC Identifies Novel Drug Candidates Against Diseases Caused by Bacterial Biofilms.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The biotechnology company 4SC, AG, has identified small-molecule drug candidates broadly applicable for the treatment of diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, caused by bacterial biofilms. The...

Scientists Work To Prevent Ebola Outbreak From Decimating Chimps, Gorillas.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is working to prevent the recent Ebola virus outbreak from decimating wild populations of gorillas, chimpanzees and other wildlife in Gabon and...

Cabin Air Quality Raises Serious Public Health Questions.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study released December 6, 2001, by the National Academy of Sciences shows the failure of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in monitoring and regulating air quality in the aircraft cabin and...

Pediatric Oxacillin Use Carries Heightened Risk of Liver Damage.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Oxacillin is more risky for pediatric patients than other antibiotics, researchers warn. Dr. Nizar F. Maraqa and colleagues at the University of Florida...

U.S. Trial Starts For Recombinant Human Albumin Vaccines.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Merck's investigational new drug application (IND) for this vaccine became effective in December 2001 and the preparations for the pivotal clinical trial are complete. This therapeutic development...

MedImmune Gets FluMist Rights In Agreement With Aviron.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedImmune, Inc. and Aviron have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which MedImmune plans to acquire Aviron and add Aviron's FluMist to its product offerings. The deal is anticipated to...

Nabi To Manufacture Lead Inhibitex Product Under New 10-Year Agreement.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nabi (NABI) has signed a 10-year agreement with Inhibitex, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, to manufacture its lead investigational product, an immune globulin therapy for preventing staphylococcal infections...

NIH Study Initiated To Help Unravel Mysterious Condition.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced its involvement in the initiation of a U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial on prostatitis, a pervasive and painful condition...

Record-Low Measles Transmissions In Pan American.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A plan developed by the Pan American Health Organization and implemented by all member countries in the region has resulted in record low risk of measles transmission. Member countries of PAHO...

Family Recalls Smallpox Claiming Mom, Says Vaccinations Should Resume.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Billie Raney was 21 when she stood on the sidewalk with her three grown sisters, watching morticians drag their mother out of the family home in Elsa, Texas, still wrapped in the sheets in which she had...

National Vaccine Information Center Releases Smallpox Report Opposing Forced Vaccination Plan.
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) has released a comprehensive report on smallpox and smallpox vaccine critical of model state legislation initiated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

Doubly Infected Patients In High-Risk Environments Have Higher TB Recurrence Risk.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients infected with both tuberculosis and HIV have a heightened risk of tuberculosis recurrence when working in high-risk environments, researchers say. ...

Complement System Not Necessary For M. avium Infection.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Infection with Mycobacterium avium does not require complement activation, researchers in the United States report. "Mycobacteria opsonized with complement...

Upper Respiratory Infections May Predispose Patients To Septicemia.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - "My colleagues and I did a study comparing pneumococcal infections that cause septicemia or pneumonia in an elderly population to try to find out what we...

Rifampicin Dose Adjustments Can Prevent Treatment Failure.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Ineffective rifampicin-based treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis patients can be caused by inadequate serum levels of the drug, researchers in Tennessee say....

HIV Doubles TB Caseload; Strong TB Treatment Program Could Curb Effect.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California - Los Angeles researchers have discovered that the AIDS epidemic significantly amplifies tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks, often doubling the number and frequency of resulting TB...

Diabetes Patients At Risk For Drug-Resistant Infections.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Diabetes patients may have a heightened risk of contracting refractory tuberculosis infections, researchers in the United States warn. Dr. Mona Bashar and...

Isoniazid Requires Complements For Long-Term Protection.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV patients recovering from tuberculosis should be treated with multiple drugs to ensure long-term protection from reinfection, researchers say. ...

BioShield Announces 99.999% Kill Rate.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioShield Technologies, Inc., announced December 17, 2001, that it has received independent laboratory tests results that proves the efficacy of BioShield products against anthrax spores and Bacillus...

Market Measures Interactive and Focus Technologies Form Strategic Alliance.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Market Measures Interactive (MMI) will now incorporate Focus Technologies' proprietary susceptibility data into its annual Antibiotic Resistance Study, as a result of a new strategic alliance between...

Infliximab May Leave Rheumatology Patients Susceptible To Tuberculosis.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common disease. Currently, many clinicians treat the disease early and aggressively in order to improve the patients'...

Sengent, Sun Microsystems to Rapidly Develop Drugs Against Biological Weapons.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sengent, Inc., has signed a joint engineering and marketing agreement with Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s, Life Science Group. Engineers from Sun and Sengent will develop strategies to support Sengent's...

CDC Provides Additional Information Relating To Rare Bacterial Infection Case.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoLife, Inc., a company that develops and commercializes cryopreserved and tissue-engineered implantable heart valves, vascular and orthopedic reconstruction grafts, and surgical adhesives, announced...

Positive Phase II Results Of Adjunctive Actimmune Presented.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- InterMune, Inc., announced positive results from its Phase II clinical trial investigating Actimmune (interferon (gamma)-1b) as adjunctive therapy to conventional antifungal treatment of cryptococcal...

Caliper and Bacterial BarCodes to Codistribute LabChip Systems.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Caliper Technologies Corp. (CALP) and Bacterial BarCodes, Inc., have formed an agreement to codistribute clinical diagnostic systems based on Caliper's LabChip microfluidic technology and Bacterial...

Hepatitis C Virus And Rift Valley Fever Epidemics.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - "Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an extremely prevalent infection in the United States population," stated Beth P. Bell, MD, MPH, National Center for Infectious...

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Smallpox, Anthrax Discussed As Bioterror Weapons.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - C.J. Peters, director for the Center of Biodefense, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, and Steven Opal, Brown University School of...

Drug Resistance Genes Found.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - "A remarkable series of data were reported today from the GAAR (Global Advisory for Antibiotic Resistance) program which has been guided by Stuart Levy,"...

Antiviral Reduces Spread Of Disease Within Families.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche announced new data on its influenza medication Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) that shows the drug's benefits in reducing the further spread of influenza among household members. Data from...

Barr Gets Letter Closing Ciprofloxacin Settlement Review by States.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barr Laboratories, Inc., (BRL) has been notified by the Texas Office of Attorney General that the state Attorney General's investigation into Barr's ciprofloxacin settlement agreement is closed. Texas...

Comorbidities And Treatment Choices.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - The etiologic agent of Legionnaires disease (LD) is Legionella pneumophilia. Clinical features include asymptomatic forms, flu-like syndromes (Pontiac...

Novel Tetracyclines Advance Treatment Options.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the 41st annual meeting of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., researcher Dr. Michael Draper presented recent milestones in...

Vaccine May Protect Against Mosquito-borne Disease.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A vaccine made from the milk of genetically engineered mice has been shown to prevent monkeys from developing malaria. The same vaccine produced in goat's milk could protect millions from malaria,...

CDC Wants Specific Definition Of Smallpox To Avoid Confusion.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has urged state health officials to carefully study how to diagnose smallpox so doctors don't start a panic by misidentifying a less dangerous...

GlaxoSmithKline Gets Nonapproval Letter On Augmentin XR.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a nonapproval letter for GlaxoSmithKline's Augmentin XR Extended Release Tablets (amoxicillin/clavulanate potassium 1000 mg/62.5 mg). The...

Measles Nearly Eradicated In The West, CDC Says.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Measles has been all but wiped out in the Western Hemisphere, dropping from 250,000 cases in 1990 to fewer than 500 so far this year, health officials say. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

American Kidney Fund Warns Americans Not To Ignore Sore Throats.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As families gathered for the holidays, they may have shared more than gifts and meals; they have shared strep. The American Kidney Fund (AKF) is warning Americans not to ignore a sore throat because...

Invenux Identifies First Monobactam Antibiotics With Gram-Positive Activity.
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at Invenux, Inc., have discovered two novel monobactams that are potent penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a) inhibitors, according to data presented in a poster session at the American...

Study Explores Effect Of Temperature On Mortality.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The relationship between extreme temperature and mortality in the United States varies by location, according to a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. ...

Peritoneal Tuberculosis Can Mimic Ovarian Cancer.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The symptoms and clinical features of peritoneal tuberculosis can be very similar to those of ovarian cancer and other disorders, researchers in the United...

China Says Rising Drug Addiction Is Fueling Crime, Spread Of AIDS.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of known drug addicts in China has topped 900,000, fueling crime and the spread of AIDS, state media reports. More than 30% of robberies are committed by addicts to pay for drugs, the...

APHA Calls for Closing Meat and Poultry Plants That Fail Salmonella Test.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Public Health Association, (APHA), a member of the Safe Food Coalition, has joined members of Congress in decrying the decision of a federal appeals court preventing the Department of...

Epigallocatechin Gallate Reduces Nicotine-Induced Legionella Susceptibility.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Florida say that they have found an agent capable of reversing nicotine-induced susceptibility to Legionella pneumophila infection. ...

Novel Cephalosporin Effective Against Staph-Related Endocarditis.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Switzerland say that a novel antibiotic shows promise in treating disorders caused by drug-resistant staphylococcus bacteria. Jose M....

CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Can Improve Tuberculosis Resistance.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the Netherlands say that immunotherapy using CpG oligodeoxynucleotides can enhance the body's defenses against tuberculosis infection. ...

Azithromycin Partially Effective For Mycobacterium Avium Prophylaxis.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The antibiotic azithromycin provides limited protection against Mycobacterium avium-induced illness in HIV patients failing highly active antiretroviral...

Protease Inhibitors Aid Oral Candidiasis Treatment.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Protease inhibitor (PI)-based antiretroviral HIV treatment is the best option for patients suffering from oral candidiasis, researchers in Italy report. ...

Teva Announces Tentative Approval for Ciprofloxacin.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued tentative approval for ciprofloxacin tablets 250, 500 and 750 mg to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (TEVA). Ciprofloxacin is the generic...

Anidulafungin Still Tolerable At Higher Doses.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Versicor, Inc., announced results from clinical and preclinical studies demonstrating the dosing flexibility of anidulafungin, a novel antifungal agent. Overall, the studies conclude that...

Inventor of Celebrex to Head Drug Discovery at Microbia.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microbia, Inc., has named John J. Talley, PhD, vice president of drug discovery, and Elias James (E.J.) Corey, PhD, to the company's scientific advisory board. Professor Corey will provide...

Oral Solution Has Potential To Prevent Pneumonia.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced the presentation of data from a positive Phase IIa clinical study of its antibiotic, iseganan hydrochloride oral solution. The purpose of this study...

Portable Endospore Detection System Offers Real-Time Anthrax Screening.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ocean Optics has developed a low-cost, field-deployable endospore detection system that offers rapid front-end screening to instantly identify potential anthrax contamination. The fully integrated...

New Gel Tested Against STDs As Well As Sperm.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists say a new type of contraceptive gel that is also designed to protect against sexually transmitted infections will be the first of its kind to begin clinical efficacy trials at the National...

Communitywide Education Lowers Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A multifaceted educational program targeted to physicians and parents can significantly reduce the level of antibiotics prescribed in a community setting, according to a study by investigators at...

Number Of Cases Rises Sharply In Vietnam.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dengue fever cases are rising sharply in Vietnam, with a 62% increase in 2001 over the previous year, local media reports. The newspaper Tuoi Tre, or Youth, said 39,563 people have contracted the...

Bacteria More Resistant To Newer Therapy Than To Older Penicillin.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bacterial resistance to popular antibiotics known as macrolides has now surpassed penicillin bacterial resistance rates across the country, according to a surveillance study called PROTEKT US...

Number Of Confirmed Cases Rises In Gabon, Republic Of Congo.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Confirmed cases of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Gabon and Republic of Congo have risen to 32, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Jan. 2. Twenty two cases were in Gabon and 12 in Congo. ...

UCSF Researchers Help Vietnamese Stem Tide Of AIDS Epidemic.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Like all good sisters, San Francisco, California, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, are sharing solutions to a shared problem - in this case, the spread of HIV. While San Francisco has struggled to...

BioShield's Wraps Up 2001 With Contracts Totaling $55 Million Over Next Five Years.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioShield Technologies, Inc., (BSTI) has announced that a strong calendar year resulted in a better-than-expected backlog of revenues from signed contracts for the company's core antimicrobial products...

Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Secures $22 Million In Series A Financing.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a bioscience company focused on the discovery of new anti-infectives, has raised approximately $22 million in a Series A financing. The company will exploit a...

BioCryst Resumes Phase III Clinical Trial of Peramivir, RWJ-270201, in Influenza.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BCRX) has begun patient enrollment in a Phase III trial with once-a-day orally administered peramivir (RWJ-270201), BioCryst's influenza neuraminidase inhibitor. ...

BioCryst Using National Flu Surveillance Network and ZstatFlu.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BCRX) has announced it will be working with the National Flu Surveillance Network (NFSN), a real-time influenza surveillance network, during the 2001-2002 winter flu...

Another Northern Nevada Childhood Case Confirmed.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tests have confirmed a three-year-old boy is the 15th victim of a childhood leukemia epidemic in Fallon, a small Navy and farming town in northern Nevada. "The devastating news of an additional...

Study Finds Widespread Drug-Resistant HIV.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study reports that about half the people infected with HIV and under care in the U.S. harbor a strain of HIV that is resistant to at least one drug used to treat the disease. While previous...

I.V. Moxifloxacin More Effective Than Beta-lactam [+ or -] Macrolide Combination.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sequential intravenous-to-oral (IV/PO) therapy with Avelox (moxifloxacin HCl) provides better efficacy than an IV/PO beta-lactam [plus-or-minus sign] macrolide regimen in the treatment of hospitalized...

Dalbavancin Effective With Once-Weekly Dosing.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Versicor, Inc., announced that results of a Phase I clinical trial of dalbavancin, an investigational antibiotic for the treatment of staphylococcal (staph) and other serious Gram-positive hospital...

Telithromycin Active In Treating Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinical trial results found that Ketek (telithromycin tablets) shows activity in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by drug-resistant and nonresistant Streptococcus pneumoniae...

Broad-Spectrum Cephalosporins Ineffective Against Most Ceftazidime-Resistant Enterobacteria.
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Broad-spectrum cephalosporins have only limited usefulness in the treatment of ceftazidime-resistant enterobacterial infections, researchers in the United...

Novel Mycobacterial Protein May Aid Survival.
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Italy have shed new light on the effects of a mysterious protein produced by some mycobacteria. "A new protein (SA-5K) secreted in culture...

BSE Infection From Eating Sheep Not Highly Likely.
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first attempt to estimate the human health risk from possible bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) infection of the British sheep flock has been made by researchers from Imperial College, London....

Cause Of Diarrheal Illness In Nursing Homes Identified.
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gastroenteritis plagues nursing home residents every year, but until recently, scientists have been unable to identify the predominant cause of these outbreaks. Because both bacteria and viruses...

Unusual Cases Link Toxin To Development of Necrotizing Fasciitis.
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three unusual patient cases of severe streptococcal (strep) infection have provided clues that allowed researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine to prove that a...

Many Azole Antifungal Drugs Affect P Glycoprotein Transport.
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Many commonly used azole antifungal medicines have a pronounced effect on P glycoprotein activity, according to researchers in the United States. "Both...

Multidrug Resistance Gene May Not Affect Mefloquine Susceptibility.
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Contrary to conventional wisdom, researchers in Europe and Africa report that mutations in a malaria gene linked to multidrug resistance may not affect the...