Infections

Significant morbidity and mortality is caused by healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), including surgical site infections (SSIs), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) and other healthcare-related infections and conditions caused by drug-resistant pathogens that jeopardize patient safety.

Rare Infectious Mosquitoes Found in Phoenix Suburb

TEMPE, Ariz-Heat-exhausted children, tall saguaro cacti, and teal blue pools decorate homes between Southern and Rural roads in Tempe, Arizona. But what researchers found lurking in the cool shadows may send children inside for the rest of summer to prevent being infected ...More
July 20, 2001
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Staph Continues Path of Most Resistance

WASHINGTON, DC-There are new reports that healthcare workers' arch enemy, bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, has just defeated the latest kryptonite thrown it's way. Staph is now resistant to the latest antibiotic introduced just one-year ago. A new study from Harvard Medical ...More
July 20, 2001
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Scientists Determine Ebola, Marburg's Point of Infection

NEW YORK-A team of scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, along with another group from the University of California, San Francisco, have determined how the lethal Ebola and Marbury viruses enter a human cell. Viruses usually creep into a human ...More
July 16, 2001
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Metrex Acquires OBF Technologies

ORANGE, Calif-Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. has announced that a subsidiary has acquired OBF Technologies of Downers Grove, Illinois. Metrex Research Corporation has acquired the company specifically for OBF's product line used in the management of biohazardous and ...More
July 16, 2001
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Staph Swaps Genes

WASHINGTON, DC-The leading health threat to hospitals and patients is a master of disguise. Staphylococcus aureus, more commonly known as Staph bacteria, has been found to swap genes with other bacteria to resist antibiotics. A new report in the Proceedings of the National ...More
July 12, 2001
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Legionnaires' Strikes Spain

MURCIA, Spain-A rural farming community 250 southeast of Madrid is facing an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. There are 178 people confirmed to be infected by the airborne bacteria, and another 292 hospitalized with symptoms. Legionnaire's disease is often difficult to ...More
July 12, 2001
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Hepatitis C: An Update

It's often portrayed as a virus causing an incurable disease--a killer with few outward warning signs that lurks inside the body and slowly ravages the liver. For some, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is deadly, but for most of the nearly 4 million Americans infected with the ...More
July 11, 2001
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Microbicide Wanted To Protect Women From AIDS

WASHINGTON, DC-Women are more susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases and are often not able to persuade their partner to use condoms. Many women feel helpless protecting themselves from AIDS and other diseases, especially in situations where domestic violence is more ...More
July 5, 2001
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Condoms Protect Women from HSV-2 Infections

WESTPORT, Ct-A new report published in The Journal of the American medical Association shows women are much less likely to become infected with herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) if their infected partner wears a condom. Anna Wald, MD, from the University of Washington in ...More
July 2, 2001
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Half of Sexually Active Women Infected with HPV

CHICAGO-A new study from The Journal of the American Medical Assoocation shows that more than half of sexually active women will become infected with human papilloma virus (HPV) if they are sexually active during three years. The report from the University of California San ...More
July 2, 2001
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