Anti-Infectives Week articles from October 2004

Anti-Infectives Week archives from October 2004

Memory CD4+ T cell responses in HIV not restored by antiretroviral therapy.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Central memory CD4+ T cell responses in chronic HIV infection are not restored by antiretroviral therapy. "A strong CD4+ T cell response has been correlated with better control of HIV infection....

Streptococcolytic enzyme zoocin A is a penicillin-binding protein.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Streptococcolytic enzyme zoocin A is a penicillin-binding protein. "Zoocin A is a streptococcolytic enzyme produced by Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus 4881 that has an unknown site of...

Wound dressings for diabetic foot disease reviewed.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review wound dressings for diabetic foot disease in a recent issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. According to a study from Wales, "Wound dressings represent a part of the management...

Streptococcus pneumoniae emerging with very high resistance to penicillin.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae is emerging with very high resistance to penicillin. According to recent research from the United States, "Penicillin resistance threatens the treatment of...

Anti-bacterial responses in urinary tract infections investigated.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have investigated the anti-bacterial immune response in patients with recurrent urinary tract infections. According to published research from Yugoslavia, "Antibodies (IgM, IgA IgG, and...

Combination of amphotericin B formulations improves efficacy.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A combination regimen of standard and liposomal amphotericin B formulations has highly efficient anti-Candida activity in mice. "Amphotericin B may be employed as a potentially toxic deoxycholate...

Electrophoretic assay devised for fosfomycin determination.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel electrophoretic assay is suitable for use in clinical measurement of fosfomycin levels. In a study from Austria, a "feasible capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) method with indirect UV and...

Novel antifungal protein from gold kiwi fruit active against Fusarium oxysporum.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel antifungal protein from the gold kiwi fruit is active against Fusarium oxysporum. "An antifungal protein designated actinchinin, with an N-terminal sequence different from that of the...

Novel podophyllotoxin derivatives have anti-HIV activity.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novel podophyllotoxin derivatives have anti-HIV activity. According to recent research from the United States, "A series of novel podophyllotoxin derivatives containing structural modifications at...

Recommendations made for two versus three drugs for postexposure HIV prophylaxis.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recommendations are made for two versus three drugs for postexposure HIV prophylaxis. "Thousands of health care workers are potentially exposed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) each year via...

Listeria monocytogenes composed of at least three evolutionary lineages.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Listeria monocytogenes is composed of at least three evolutionary lineages. According to published research from the United States, "Listeria monocytogenes is a serious food-borne pathogen that can...

Multidrug-resistant S. enterica serovar Typhimurium found in shellfish in Spain.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was found in shellfish off the coast of Spain. "Twenty-three Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from marine environments...

Bacterial resistance increased from 1998 to 2002 in hospital in Slovakia.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bacterial resistance increased from 1998 to 2002 in a hospital in Slovakia. According investigators in Slovakia, "The purpose of this study was to analyze the resistance during the period of...

Community MSRA isolates in Australia belong to five CHEF electrophoretic patterns.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Australia belong to five contour-clamped homogeneous electric field electrophoretic patterns. According to a study from Australia,...

Personal lubricant has antimicrobial and sperm-inhibiting potential.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Instead, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance to the company to market its personal lubricant product, Amphora. In addition to its lubricating...

Diagnosing foot infection in diabetes reviewed.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review the diagnosis of foot infection in diabetic patients in a recent issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. "Infection represents the presence of an inflammatory response and tissue...

Multidisciplinary approach optimizes surgical therapy of diabetic feet.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A multidisciplinary approach can optimize surgical treatment of the infected diabetic foot. According to published research from the Netherlands, "Foot infections are common in the diabetic patient....

Overview of foot problems in diabetes presented.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers provide an overview of foot problems in diabetes in a recent issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. According to a study from the United States, "Diabetes is the leading cause of...

Zinc deficiency impairs immune function and resistance to infection.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zinc deficiency impairs immune function and resistance to infection. "Zinc is an essential micronutrient for human growth, development, and immune function. Zinc deficiency impairs overall immune...

Collaboration agreement signed for development of non-antibody protein.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nautilus Biotech SA and Creabilis Therapeutics SRL signed a collaboration agreement for the identification and development of an improved variant of CT500, a non-antibody protein selected by Creabilis...

Novel 14-helical beta-peptides are potent bilayer disrupting agents.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A series of novel 14-helical beta-peptides can strongly degrade microbial membrane bilayers. In a study from Canada, the "interactions of two amphiphilic and cationic, nine-residue beta-peptides...

Consistency of treatment for external genital warts is variable in the U.K.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The consistency of treatment for external genital warts is variable in the United Kingdom. According to recent research from the United States, "Our objective was to identify patterns of treatment...

Antiretroviral therapy is safe for women with HCV infection.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antiretroviral therapy is safe for women with HCV infection. "To characterize longitudinal hepatic toxicity of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected women with and without hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Factors associated with short delay between initial HIV test and AIDS elucidated.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The factors associated with the short delay between initial HIV test and an AIDS-defining event were elucidated. According to a study from France, "A diagnosis of AIDS shortly after the detection...

HIV prevalence high among fishermen in Cambodian port.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV prevalence is high among fishermen in a Cambodian port. "We assessed HIV antibody and risk exposures in a cross-sectional sample of 446 fishermen in Sihanouk Ville, a port and fishing area in...

Unsafe health care fuels HIV epidemics in Africa.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Unsafe health care fuels HIV epidemics in Africa. "Current reconsideration of the contributions of various modes of transmission to HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa has important implications...

Patient-provider relationship must improve to increase long-term quality of life.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patient-provider relationships must improve in order to increase long-term health-related quality of life of patients. According to recent research from France, "The aim of this study was to...

Normal CD4 and CD8 values established in healthy Chinese adults from Shanghai.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Normal CD4 and CD8 lymphocyte values were established in healthy Chinese adults from Shanghai. "The aim of this study was to establish reference ranges for lymphocyte subsets in Chinese adults,"...

Bivalent miniproteins enhanced anti-HIV activity over monovalent miniproteins.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bivalent miniproteins show enhanced anti-HIV activity over monovalent miniproteins. According to a study from the United States, "HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein gp120 is displayed as a trimeric complex...

HIV-1 nef effects on CD4 expression/infectivity are independent of rafts.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV-1 nef effects on CD4 expression and infectivity are independent of rafts. According to published research from France, "The HIV-1 Nef protein is a critical virulence factor that exerts multiple...

HIV-specific CTL cultures + IL-7 and IL-15 does not improve cell growth/function.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV-specific cytotoxic T cell cultures with added interleukin 7 and interleukin 15 does not improve cell growth or function. According to recent research from the United States, "The ability to...

Ligands for ICOS potentially suppress HIV-1 replication mainly at entry stages.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ligands for ICOS potentially suppress HIV-1 replication mainly at the entry stages. According to recent research from Japan, "We investigated the effects of signaling through CD28 family molecules...

Low-level HIV replication in glial cells associated with p55 alterations.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low-level HIV replication in glial cells is associated with alterations in p55 processing. According to recent research published in the journal Virology, "We report a novel long-lived infection...

Polyanions are able to modulate HIV-1 pathogenesis.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Polyanions are able to modulate HIV-1 pathogenesis. "Polyanions are potent HIV-1 entry inhibitors. Nevertheless, resistant viruses may emerge under polyanion inhibitory pressure. Specifically, a...

Presence of functional vif influences HIV-1 infectivity and disease.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The presence of functional vif influences HIV-1 infectivity and disease. According to research published in the journal Microbes and Infection, Scientists "analyzed the function of human...

RT residue 215 active in resistance of multidrug-resistant HIV containing i69SS.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RT residue 215 is active in the resistance of multidrug-resistant HIV containing i69SS. "A two-serine insertion at position 69 (i69SS) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse...

Simple model simulates cellular changes in T cells following HIV-1 infection.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A simple model simulates cellular changes in T cells following HIV-1 infection. "A new mathematical model is presented to simulate various changes of cell pools in the T cell immune system with...

Trim5 alpha protein restricts HIV-1 and murine leukemia virus.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trim5 alpha protein restricts HIV-1 and murine leukemia virus. "Replication of HIV-1 and N-tropic murine leukemia virus (N-MLV) is restricted in a number of different primate cells. In some cell...

Vif expression controlled to be low and optimal by proteasome degradation.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vif expression is controlled to be low and optimal by proteasome degradation. According to recent research published in the journal Microbes and Infection, "While the Vif protein of human...

Efavirenz discontinuation associated with multiple factors.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Efavirenz discontinuation is associated with multiple factors. According to recent research from France, "Efavirenz (EFV) is a potent antiretroviral drug; its use may be limited, however, by...

Improved procedures produce good yields of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improved procedures produce good yields of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors. "A simple and efficient oxalylation of aryl methyl ketones was accomplished with dimethyl oxalate in the presence of sodium...

Traditional healers vital in AIDS prevention and control programs in Africa.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Traditional healers have a vital role in AIDS prevention and control programs in Africa. "Prevention and control programs for HIV/AIDS have had limited success, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Not...

HIV-related sexual dysfunction in women mainly driven by psychological factors.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV-related sexual dysfunction in women is mainly driven by psychological factors. According to a study from Belgium, "Little is known about female sexual dysfunction (FSD) among HIV-positive women....

OI prophylaxis reduces drug-related toxicity and pharmaceutical interactions.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prophylaxis of HIV-related opportunistic infections reduces drug-related toxicity and pharmaceutical interactions. According to researchers in France, "Remarkable progress has been made in...

gp120 and NRTIs cause sensory neuron apoptosis through activation of JNK pathway.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- gp120 and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors cause sensory neuron apoptosis through the activation of the JNK pathway. "Peripheral neuropathy is the most common neurological symptom in...

CCR5-Delta32 and CCR2-V641 polymorphisms not related to HCV infection response.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CCR5-Delta32 and CCR2-V641 polymorphisms are not related to HCV infection response. Chemokine-chemokine receptor interactions are clearly "important in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. ...

HGV transmitted efficiently via the sexual route.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis G virus is transmitted efficiently via the sexual route. According to a study from Lebanon, "The importance of sexual transmission in the epidemiology of hepatitis G virus (HGV) and...

HVS Orf51 protein has role in viral pathogenicity/persistence/cell tropism.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Herpesvirus saimiri Orf51 protein has a role in viral pathogenicity, persistence, and cell tropism. "Herpesvirus saimiri (HVS) is a gamma(2)-herpesvirus sharing genomic colinearity and a high...

Post-transcriptional regulator of KSHV controls gene expression through IRES.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A posttranscriptional regulator of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus controls gene expression through the internal ribosome-entry site. According to recent research from Japan, "Kaposi's...

Immunokinetics in severe pneumonia due to influenza virus/bacteria coinfection.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunokinetics in severe pneumonia is a result of influenza virus/bacteria coinfection. According to recent research from Japan, "Coinfections of bacteria and influenza are a major cause of...

Novel HIV glucosidase inhibitors developed with computer-aided technology.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novel HIV glucosidase inhibitors were developed with computer-aided technology. "Since the onset of the AIDS epidemic, some 20 million people have died and the estimate is that today close to 40...

Inhibitors of Leishmania mexicana CRK3 cyclin-dependent kinase screened.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators have screened inhibitors of Leishmania mexicana CRK3 cyclin-dependent kinase. According to recent research published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, "The CRK3...

Listeria monocytogenes isolated from cold-smoked fish products in Japan.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from cold-smoked fish products in Japan. According to recent research published in the International Journal of Food Microbiology, "Listeria monocytogenes...

Clone of L. monocytogenes serotype 4b implicated in food-borne listeriosis.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A specific clone of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b is implicated in food-borne listeriosis. "Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ready-to-eat foods has been implicated in numerous outbreaks...

Anopheles malaria mosquitoes increase in relation to housing conditions.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anopheles malaria mosquitoes increase in relation to housing conditions. "Environmental risk factors associated with increased malaria mosquito (Anopheles) abundance indoors were studied in a...

Molecular methods determine resistance to antimalarial drugs during epidemics.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have determined the resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarial drugs during epidemics and in war zones using molecular methods. According to published research from Mali and the...

Gains made in controlling mosquito-borne diseases in Australia from 1972 to 2004.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gains have been made in controlling mosquito-borne diseases in Australia from 1972 to 2004. According to recent research from Australia, "Our paper presents an assessment of research and operational...

A novel hydroxyapatite has high antibiotic release.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel hydroxyapatite (HA) could be useful in treating osteomyelitis. According to a study from Japan, "We developed a novel hydroxyapatite (HA) cylinder (HA-A) and compared the slow release of...

Nucleolin plays important role during parainfluenza virus type 3 cellular entry.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nucleolin plays an important role during human parainfluenza virus type 3 cellular entry. According to recent research published in the Journal of Virology, "Human parainfluenza virus type 3...

Bispecific monoclonal antibody detects causative agent of whooping cough.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A bispecific monoclonal antibody is used to detect Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough. According to a study from Canada, "A bispecific monoclonal antibody (bsMAb) that...

TRIM5 alpha genes encode Ref1 and Lv1 retroviral restriction factor activities.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The TRIM5 alpha genes encode Ref1 and Lv1 retroviral restriction factor activities. According to a study from England, "The rhesus macaque tripartite motif containing protein TRIM5alpha specifically...

FIV nuclear protein Orf-A expresses properties similar to HIV-encoded Vpr.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Feline immunodeficiency virus nuclear protein Orf-A expresses properties similar to HIV-encoded Vpr. According to a study from the United States, "Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) gene orf-A,...

Novel strategy detects Toxoplasma gondii oocyst in water.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel strategy detects Toxoplasma gondii oocyst in water. "Several recent outbreaks of toxoplasmosis were related to drinking water. We propose a strategy for Toxoplasma oocyst detection as part...

Tuberculous spondylodiscitis diagnosed in the absence of pulmonary disease.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tuberculous spondylodiscitis was diagnosed in the absence of pulmonary disease. "A 19-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of low back pain, night sweats, and weight loss. Examination...

Human TT virus not related to intravenous viral transmission in Portugal.
October 4, 2004... 2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human TT virus is not related to intravenous viral transmission in Portugal. According to a study from Portugal, "The prevalence and genotype distribution of human TT viruses (TTV) were analyzed in...

Group B Streptococcus prevalence determined among college roommates.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prevalence of group B Streptococcus was determined among college roommates. "Group B Streptococcus (GBS) causes disease in newborns, pregnant women, and adults with underlying medical...

Automated docking tools define therapies aimed at microbial proteins.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Automated docking tools define therapies aimed at microbial proteins. "The increasing awareness of the essential role of RNA in controlling viral replication and in bacterial protein synthesis...

Update provided on the medical management of listeriosis.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An update has been provided on the medical management of listeriosis. "It is still not quite well understood why there is no optimal or even a satisfactory antibiotic therapy for listeriosis....

Cytokine is potential therapeutic target for septic patients.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HMGB1 is a novel proinflammatory cytokine and potential therapeutic target for septic patients in the emergency department. According to recent research from the United States, "Overwhelming...

Brief exposure increases risk for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A brief exposure increases the risk for acquiring Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. "Molecular epidemiology indicates significant transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis after casual contact...

Porcine CD19 and anti-CD19 monoclonal antibodies characterized.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Porcine CD19 and anti-CD19 monoclonal antibodies have been characterized. According to published research from the United States, "CD19 is an important pan B cell marker and co-stimulatory protein...

Scientists receive awards for infectious disease research.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inimex Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that its founding scientists have received awards for their innovative infectious disease research. Monisha Scott has been named to the 2004 list of the...

Pharmaceutical company launches amoxicillin/clavulanate potassium product.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IVAX Corporation (IVX) announced that its subsidiary, IVAX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., will distribute, in the United States, Amoxicillin/Clavulanate Potassium 600 mg/42.9 mg/5 mL for oral suspension...

MRSA isolated from the environment in a veterinary teaching hospital.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the environment in a veterinary teaching hospital. "After recognition of a cluster of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...

P. aeruginosa isolates in Trinidad have relatively low drug resistance.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Trinidad have relatively low drug resistance. According to published research in the Journal of the National Medical Association, "A two-year prospective study of...

Frequent detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Bell's palsy reported.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Routine screening is recommended in patients with Bell's palsy due to frequent detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. "The cause of Bell's palsy (BP) remains unknown despite various hints to an...

Novel method characterizes Candida clusters in hospital outbreak.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel method was used to characterize a Candida cluster in a hospital outbreak. According to recent research from Spain, "Candidemia outbreaks that due to cross-infection are an emerging problem...

Cholera epidemic in rural northeast India due to poor sanitation and hygiene.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A cholera epidemic in rural northeast India was due to poor sanitation and hygiene practices. "Sporadic cases of acute diarrhea with high morbidity occur commonly in rural areas of northeast...

vCJD epidemic estimated at 150-500 deaths if 11-15 year incubation period.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The vCJD epidemic is estimated at 150-500 deaths if the incubation period is between 11-15 years. According to investigators in England, "Estimates of the final size of the variant...

Adolescents with Crohn disease have significantly reduced zinc absorption.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adolescents with Crohn disease have significantly reduced zinc absorption. According to a study from the United States, "Low serum zinc concentrations have been reported in Crohn's disease (CD) and...

Dengue virus surveillance shows co-circulation of DENV-1/DENV-2/DENV-3 in Brazil.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dengue virus surveillance shows co-circulation of DENV-1/DENV-2/DENV-3 in Brazil. According to published research from Brazil, "This study presents the results obtained in the monitoring of dengue...

ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae from a mix of strains spread in ICU.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae was from a mix of strains spread in a surgical intensive care unit. According to recent research from Morocco, "Twenty-nine extended-spectrum beta-lactamase...

pchABC genes necessary for full virulence of pathogenic/hemorrhagic E. coli.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- pchABC genes are necessary for the full virulence of enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157 According to a study from Japan, "Enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli...

Viral infection outbreaks seen in cats in Wroclaw city area in Poland.
October 11, 2004... 2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Viral infection outbreaks have been seen in cats in the Wroclaw city area in Poland. According to a study from Poland, "The increased interest in cat breeding has seen an outbreak in new infectious...