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Link Between Antibiotics and Biofilms

Researchers from USC and the Oak Crest Institute of Science have discovered the link between antibiotics and bacterial biofilm formation leading to ...read more

Anthrax Incident Points to Safety Issues

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report today that reviews the early June incident that involved the ...read more

Tetanus Infection

The CDC offers information on tetanus infection caused by Clostridium tetani. ...read more

Healthcare Reform

Infection prevention's role in quality improvement initiatives is becoming more of an imperative within the overall efforts by healthcare ...read more

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Theravance Announces Results From Pre-Clinical and Clinical Studies With Investigational Antibiotic Telavancin

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Theravance, Inc. announced that results from a Phase 2 clinical study with the investigational antibiotic telavancin (TD-6424) in patients with complicated Gram-positive skin and skin structure infections were recently presented at the 42nd ...More
November 3, 2004 Posted in News
Phase III Study Examines Activity of Tigecycline in Patients With Serious Intra-Abdominal Infections

MADISON, N.J. -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth, recently presented new Phase III data about its investigational antibiotic, tigecycline, based on a clinical trial in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI). This study compared tigecycline ...More
November 3, 2004 Posted in News
Malaria Vaccine Trial Results Published

The results of a randomized controlled trial of a malaria vaccine called ME-TRAP are published this month in PLoS Medicine. "This first field efficacy trial was an important milestone in the progression of new recombinant vectored vaccines to deployable products," says ...More
November 2, 2004 Posted in News
Predicting Infection Risk of Mosquito-borne Disease

Malaria, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, remains one of the greatest threats to global health, infecting more people than ever before. Understanding how the risk of catching a mosquito-borne infection varies depending on the environment is an important step in planning ...More
November 2, 2004 Posted in News
Tufts Veterinary School Scientists Decode Cryptosporidium Genome

NORTH GRAFTON -- A team of scientists at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine has helped decode the genome sequence of Cryptosporidium hominis, an insidious parasite identified as one of the most common causes of waterborne diseases in humans and classified by the ...More
November 2, 2004 Posted in News
Using Over-the-counter Drugs to Treat Upper Respiratory Infections May Save $4.75 Billion Annually

Using nonprescription, or over-the-counter (OTC), medications to treat common upper respiratory infections could save $4.75 billion a year, according to a new study conducted by researchers from Northwestern University. The study, which was sponsored by the Consumer ...More
November 2, 2004 Posted in News
NIAID Launches Program to Improve Medical Tools Against Emerging Infectious Diseases

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded 14 contracts totaling more than $73 million to fund the Large-Scale Antibody and T Cell Epitope Discovery Program, an initiative aimed at quickly ...More
November 2, 2004 Posted in News
Tips from Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents, Chemotherapy

Johns Hopkins researchers report potentially life-threatening hospital infections with bacteria resistant to the antibiotic methicillin can occur even if patients haven’t been treated with that drug. But, they add, these infections can be stopped with one of medicine’s ...More
November 2, 2004 Posted in News
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Selects Elsevier as Publishing Partner

Elsevier, world-leading scientific and medical publisher, is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, the leading professional organization for nurses involved in caring for people with HIV/AIDS. Starting in January 2005, Elsevier ...More
November 2, 2004 Posted in News
Preventing Chronic Disease: Grant Targets Obesity, Cancer, Flu

A Saint Louis University center that researches the best ways to fight chronic disease has received a five-year grant totaling $5.8 million, one of the largest grants in the history of the School of Public Health. The Saint Louis University Health Promotion and Disease ...More
November 2, 2004 Posted in News