TB & Outbreaks Week articles from November 2002

TB & Outbreaks Week archives from November 2002

Miltefosine effective against drug-resistant Trypanosoma cruzi strains.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Brazil have identified an agent with strong activity against drug-resistant strains of the pathogen responsible for Chagas disease. "The...

Oxidative stress-inducing agents can enhance isoniazid efficacy.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Oxidative stress can enhance the mycobactericidal effects of isoniazid, researchers in the United States report. "Isoniazid is a first-line antibiotic used...

Hopes rise for test to spot vCJD.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A screening test for variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease, could one day ensure no one gets the disease from donated blood. More than 100 people have...

Emory microbiologists will study vaccines using NIH bioterrorism grant.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at Emory University School of Medicine will study vaccines for viral hemorrhagic fevers, using a grant of more than $450,000 from the National Institutes of Health's Rapid Response Grants...

Halogenated fluoresceins active against resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have identified a set of compounds that may be effective against methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)....

Parasite, mosquito genomes complete malaria picture.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genome sequences of Plasmodium falciparum, the most lethal malaria-causing parasite, and Anopheles gambiae, a mosquito that transmits the parasite to humans, are now complete, two international research...

Scientists develop new technology to map spread of drug resistance.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), Harvard University and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation have found a way to use a relatively new but readily available...

Franek Technologies advances bioterrorism preparedness.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nation is better prepared to deal with the public health threat of biological terrorism due to the efforts of Franek Technologies, Inc., the leader in Category III-3 Laboratory Protection Systems...

HHS announces contracts for developing new vaccine.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded two companies contracts...

CDC approves partnership agreement with Quigley Corp.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Quigley Corp. has entered into a partnership agreement with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under which the Quigley Corp. will distribute CDC cold and flu educational...

Dr. Sidney Pestka joins ADVR scientific advisory board.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Viral Research Corp. (ADVR) announced that Dr. Sidney Pestka has joined the company's scientific advisory board. Pestka, a recipient of the National Medal of Technology, brings decades...

Consumers advised of risks associated with eating raw and lightly cooked sprouts.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating its health advisory on the risks associated with eating all raw sprouts because of a recent Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with...

Texas A&M agriculturists set framework to safeguard food supply.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Agricultural experts with Texas Cooperative Extension have created a process to help local jurisdictions across the U.S. assess the vulnerability of the food supply to terrorist attacks. The...

Outbreak prompts warning on reusing needles.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A hepatitis C outbreak that has infected 52 people in Oklahoma has led to a national warning to nurse anesthetists against reusing needles in intravenous tubes. James C. Hill, a nurse anesthetist...

Medicare rule change sets new standards.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A U.S. rule revision will help facilitate delivery of influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations in hospitals, home health agencies, and nursing homes serving Medicare or Medicaid patients. The...

Antibiotic maker awarded a EUR 6.5 million grant.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biosearch Italia SpA (BIO.MI) announced that it has been awarded a EUR 6.5 million Innovation Technology Fund (FIT) grant by the Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MAP), to support preclinical...

African Americans less likely than Caucasians to be vaccinated against flu.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fewer than half of African Americans over the age of 65 are vaccinated against influenza each year as compared with Caucasians, placing thousands of older African Americans at increased risk for...

FDA approves preservative-free flu vaccine for pediatric use.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aventis Pasteur announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved licensure to market Fluzone Preservative-free: Pediatric Dose, Influenza Virus Vaccine. For the first time,...

Vaccine shipments should arrive in time for high-risk patients.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aventis Pasteur, the largest U.S. supplier of influenza vaccine, planned to complete shipping partial orders of Fluzone, influenza virus vaccine, to all of its customers by the end of September, with...

Newly discovered peptide induces protection against malaria.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cel-Sci Corporation (CVM) responded to requests on the status of its malaria program following the local announcement that two Northern Virginia teenagers contracted malaria even though they have not...

Fears of an epidemic prompt urgent vaccination campaign in famine-hit Zimbabwe.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fears of a measles epidemic prompts urgent vaccination campaign in famine-hit Zimbabwe With an estimated 3 million Zimbabwean children at risk because of drought and food shortages, fears of a...

Trading begins on Nasdaq after spin-off from Chugai.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gen-Probe Incorporated (GPRO), an established leader in molecular diagnostics based on its patented nucleic acid testing (NAT) technology, has begun regular-way trading on the Nasdaq National Market...

TNF-alpha inhibitor maker announces European patent.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- LeukoMed, Inc., announced that the European Patent Office has granted Patent No. 0767793 entitled "N-substituted- (dihydroxyboryl) alkyl purine, indole and pyrimidine derivatives, useful as inhibitors...

Biotech company begins two projects in Canadian preparedness initiative.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cangene announced that it will undertake two research and technology projects as part of an initiative aimed at improving Canada's readiness in the event of chemical, biological, radiological, or...

Pediatricians urge vaccine limits.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics says the nation's smallpox plan should involve limited vaccinations if a case occurs, not universal inoculations before there's even an attack. Potential side...

WHO urges more funding to boost TB control in affected countries.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The countries worst hit by the worldwide TB epidemic urgently need extra help if they are to meet ambitious global targets set for the year 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Experts...

Resistance mutations do not reduce virulence.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe have made an alarming discovery about drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis. "The usefulness of isoniazid (INH), a key component of...

Aventis Pasteur calls for strategic effort to ensure unbroken vaccine supply.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Wayne Pisano, executive vice president of Aventis Pasteur North America, outlined a vaccine supply agenda to be...

EPA will bypass pesticide regulations to fight outbreaks.
November 5, 2002... 2002 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, hoping to help stem the rapid spread of West Nile virus, said October 10, 2002, it will let some people spray pesticides on water to kill mosquitoes without...

CB-18 treatment has little impact on smear sensitivity.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in North and South America have cast doubts on the utility of a special detergent used to treat smear specimens from suspected tuberculosis...

Paralysis difficult to diagnose without signs of infection.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Paralysis due to West Nile virus is not always accompanied by signs of infection, according to a report presented at the American Neurological Association's 127th annual meeting in New York City. ...

UM Center focuses on new, reemerging pathogens.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In 1969, the U.S. Surgeon General told Congress, "The time has come to close the book on infectious diseases." Unfortunately, William H. Stewart's optimism was ungrounded and today the health of...

Novel mucosal adjuvant safe, effective.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Japan and the United States have developed a chimeric protein that may offer protection from a number of bacterial toxins. Mi-Na Kweon and...

Close monitoring important to reduce risk from large-scale vaccination.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association, smallpox experts outline the potential risks associated with large-scale vaccination against the smallpox virus. The authors...

Complete antidote tested in animals.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- EluSys Therapeutics, Inc., announced a research collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin to test a complete anthrax antitoxin drug in animals for the first time. The research will be...

Ion channels allow bacteria to resist stomach acid.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found that a primitive type of ion channel similar to those found in mammalian nerve cells helps bacteria resist the blast of acid they encounter in the stomach of their hosts. ...

Interleukin-4 gene strongly affects respiratory syncytial virus disease severity.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and South Korea have identified a risk factor for abnormally dangerous respiratory syncytial virus infections. ...

Patents awarded in U.S., Australia for multivalent antibody therapy.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunomedics, Inc., (IMMU) announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 6,458,933, which corresponds to Australia patent 742,626 issued May 2, 2002, covering new therapy agents for treating infectious...

Rare form seen in painkiller-linked outbreak.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A fourth case of rare fungal meningitis has been linked to a painkiller from a South Carolina drug maker, state health officials said. The latest patient was hospitalized [week of October 7] and is...

Musculoskeletal disorders are often associated with HIV infection.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) often experience a wide array of musculoskeletal symptoms secondary to the HIV infection. Some studies, for example, have shown that...

Positive results reported for vaccine against potential bioterror agent.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ID Biomedical announced encouraging results from preclinical studies of its nasally delivered proteosome-based plague pneumonia vaccine. Mice immunized nasally with the proteosome-based plague...

Federal officials debate whether to recommend, or simply offer vaccine.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It's one thing to offer a risky, possibly deadly, smallpox vaccine. It's another to urge people to take it. U.S. officials planning for smallpox vaccinations are still debating this key issue:...

Florida health care workers learn how to vaccinate population.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A group of Florida public health care workers armed with two-pronged needles trained to give smallpox vaccinations as part of a nationwide strategy to prepare for a potential bioterror attack. The...

Galactomannan testing provides early warning of aspergillosis.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Assays that can detect a key Aspergillus cell membrane polymer provide early warning of fungal infections after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation,...

E.U. project on killer bacteria may lead to vaccine development.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serious Streptococcus infections is the theme of a major E.U. project to be coordinated and led by researchers from Lund University, Sweden. Associate Professor Claes Schalen and researcher Aftab...

Outbreaks at all-time low in U.S.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When a Pittsburgh suburb experienced the beginnings of a 30-case syphilis outbreak last year, state health workers met those suspected of fueling the surge - drug users and prostitutes - on the...

Study finds increased risk of liver injury with some TB medications.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newly recommended treatment for latent tuberculosis infection can cause liver injury, and therefore needs to be used with great caution and frequent monitoring, according to a University of...

Blood transfusions suspected in Ohio cases.
November 12, 2002... 2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authorities were testing donated blood to determine if three people in Ohio, including one who died, contracted West Nile virus through blood transfusions. "We are aware of potential cases"...

Antiretroviral therapy restores some anti-TB immune activity.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV infection restores some immune defense against tuberculosis, researchers say. Neil W. Schluger and colleagues at...

Adenosine deaminase, interferon useful for tuberculous pericarditis diagnosis.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in South Africa have identified a novel method for diagnosing tuberculous pericarditis. "Traditional diagnostic tests for pericardial...

TRUST 2002 study shows levofloxacin resistance remains rare in S. pneumoniae.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics is increasing among Streptococcus pneumoniae, a leading cause of respiratory illness. In the early 1990s, resistance to penicillin became a concern;...

Urine-based Legionnaires screens often miss mild cases.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Urine antigen tests for Legionnaires disease can be dangerously inaccurate, researchers in the Netherlands warn. "In 1999 an outbreak involving 188...

Polyvalent sialic acid binding inhibitors show promise against some flu strains.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have identified an agent that shows promise as a treatment for severe cases of the flu. "Influenza A viral infection...

Novel screen can identify mycobacterial dihydrofolate reductase blockers.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel assay can identify agents that inhibit a key tuberculosis protein, researchers in the United States report. "The ongoing selection of...

A little blue and purple helps body fend off deadly parasites.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chagas disease, a parasitic disease that is nearly epidemic from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, may have met its match in a simple solution of dyes, a University of California (UC) Irvine study has found....

Drug helps patients avoid hospitalizations.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A common antibiotic helps most cystic fibrosis patients breathe better and stay out of the hospital, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation said in October 2002, citing the results of a new study. ...

Antifungal and antibacterial in vivo efficacy data presented.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genelabs Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:GNLB) announced that data on compounds from the company's novel antifungal and antibacterial drug discovery programs were presented at the 42nd Interscience...

Antibodies treat severe infections.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A strategy utilizing human antibodies against a bacterial toxin may be an effective therapy for some of the most severe E. coli infections, say researchers from Tufts University in the journal...

Listeria outbreak, meat recall spur calls for more regulation.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) could have prevented a Listeria outbreak and a recall of 27 million pounds of poultry meats if agency rules required companies to test for the bacteria,...

Preventing outbreaks is relatively easy, PAHO says.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although food-borne disease is very frequent and there are huge numbers of cases, it is easily preventable with means available to every member of the community. Between 1995 and 1998, there were...

Cold sore virus increasingly 'strongly associated' with early start to sex.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genital herpes due to HSV-1 - the herpes simplex virus primarily associated with cold sores on the mouth - is strongly associated with an early start to sex, suggests research in Sexually Transmitted...

Valtrex evaluated in HIV-infected patients.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Twice daily treatment with Valtrex (valacyclovir HCl) caplets is effective in suppressing genital herpes recurrences in HIV-infected patients, according to data presented at the Infectious Diseases...

Foundation awards grant to Johns Hopkins to explore novel interventions.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will contribute $3 million to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for the development of community-based preventive strategies to control tuberculosis...

Hantavirus infection triggers long-term memory T-cell activity.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and Europe have shed new light on the immune response to hantavirus infection. "Puumala virus (PUUV) is a hantavirus that...

Kent scientists to tackle potentially lethal fungal infections.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the University of Kent, England, have been awarded a major grant to help in the fight against fungal infections, which can be potentially lethal for people whose immune systems are...

Respiratory syncytial virus genotype linked to disease severity.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have shed new light on the virus responsible for a number of childhood respiratory illnesses. "Respiratory syncytial...

Rotavirus vaccine could protect children from infection and related diarrhea.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Data gathered on infants in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, indicated that a rotavirus vaccine could provide protection against rotavirus-related...

FluINsure vaccine challenge study in U.K. is approved.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ID Biomedical announced that it has received a favorable response from the Medicines Control Agency of the United Kingdom with regard to its application to conduct a phase II human "challenge" study...

Intervention program shows success.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Targeting an at-risk population through interactive education may result in a significantly reduced chance of contracting Lyme disease, according to research presented at the recent American College of...

No link between antimalaria drug and violence, Army says.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An Army investigation of possible medical and behavioral causes behind a series of domestic killings and suicides at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has ruled out the antimalaria drug Lariam, officials...

UF researchers probe possible strep link.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new University of Florida study may settle once and for all the baffling question of whether common strep infections are linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder or tics in some children. ...

CDC provides $1.2 million for early warning system for terrorism-related illness outbreaks.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that $1.2 million is being awarded to the Harvard Consortium for a pilot program to develop an early warning system for terrorism...

Government applies bioterrorism responses to flu, West Nile.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leaders in the U.S. fight against bioterrorism said that what they have learned from last year's anthrax assault is also being put to use in attacking naturally occurring disease outbreaks like West...

Ob-Gyns more likely than other physicians to screen women.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ob-Gyns screen women for STDs at a higher rate than do physicians in several other specialties, but they are more likely to screen pregnant than nonpregnant women, according to a study in the journal...

Report: New York ready in case of attack.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New York City has developed a plan to inoculate the city's 8 million residents in the event of a smallpox bioterror attack, a published report says. "People should not panic. People should be...

Dye-based assay can discriminate between virulent and attenuated lab strains.
November 19, 2002... 2002 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Spain have developed a pair of assays for differentiating pathogenic strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from harmless laboratory strains. ...

Novel munumbicin antibiotics show broad-spectrum activity.
November 26, 2002... 2002 NOV 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have elucidated a novel and surprinsingly effective class of antimicrobial agents. "Munumbicins A, B, C and D are newly...

Toll-like receptor 4 needed for efficient immune control.
November 26, 2002... 2002 NOV 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers have shed new light on the early immune response to tuberculosis infection. "Endotoxin from Gram-negative bacteria bound to CD14 signals...

Novel compound highly effective against cytomegalovirus infection.
November 26, 2002... 2002 NOV 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe have identified a novel agent which could improve treatment of patients suffering from cytomegalovirus infections. "Human...

Superantigens can enhance antimicrobial, anti-HIV immune activity.
November 26, 2002... 2002 NOV 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have identified a novel means to improve immune responses to HIV and other pathogens. "Superantigens are microbial...

Vaccine protects against aspergillosis.
November 26, 2002... 2002 NOV 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A vaccine containing a sonicated preparation of Aspergillus fumigatus protected mice against invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, according to a...

Bcl-2 upregulation underlies mycobacterial persistence.
November 26, 2002... 2002 NOV 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Norway have shed new light on the means by which tuberculous mycobacteria escape the body's immune response to infection. "Mycobacterium...

New type of antiobiotic tackles hard-to-treat pediatric infections.
November 26, 2002... 2002 NOV 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pediatricians have another weapon in their arsenal to fight infections that have shown resistance to common antibiotics, according to data presented by a team of investigators led by Baylor College of...

Perceptions vary among physicians.
November 26, 2002... 2002 NOV 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although most physicians consider antibiotic resistance a serious national problem, they have different views on its causes, importance and possible solutions. This disparity may hamper efforts to...