Infection Control Today - Microbes

New Research Technology to Target Human Gut Bacteria

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a three-year, $1.1 million grant to a team of scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory to develop a technology for studying the link between human health and disease and the microorganisms ...More

September 15, 2010

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Repeated Antibiotic Use Alters Gut's Composition of Beneficial Microbes

Repeated use of an antibiotic that is considered generally benign, because users seldom incur obvious side effects, induces cumulative and persistent changes in the composition of the beneficial microbial species inhabiting the human gut, researchers at the Stanford ...More

September 13, 2010

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Studying Plant Microbes Has Implications for Fighting Human Diseases

Understanding microbes' mechanisms of infection could help scientists develop new strategies for combating the most damaging diseases of the world's major food crops as well as several human diseases. ...More

July 22, 2010

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Wet Breathing System Filters Transmit Microbes

Researchers have highlighted potential problems with the breathing system filters used in anesthesia, including intensive care units, after demonstrating that they don't provide protection from harmful bacteria and yeast when they become wet. ...More

July 7, 2010

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Properly Laundered Uniforms Can Help Prevent HAIs, Reduce Costs

The Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) says healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) cause more than $30 billion a year in needless healthcare industry overhead which, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), conservatively reflects 1.7 ...More

June 28, 2010

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Corkscrew Twist of H. Pylori Lets It Set Up Shop in the Stomach

The bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which lives in the human stomach and is associated with ulcers and gastric cancer, is shaped like a corkscrew, or helix. For years researchers have hypothesized that the bacterium’s twisty shape is what enables it to survive – ...More

May 27, 2010

Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization

How Infection and Inflammation Can Lead to Cancer

New research is emerging that suggests a link between infection-related diseases and risk of cancer, according to findings presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st annual meeting. “Chronic or recurrent inflammatory conditions appear to ...More

April 19, 2010

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Tainted Produce More Likely for Low-Income Shoppers

No one wants a mixed salad tossed with extra bacteria, mold and yeast, but those are just what you might find when you try to eat a healthier diet in poorer neighborhoods. A new study shows that the level of bacteria found on the fresh produce can vary according to the ...More

April 8, 2010

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

Can H. pylori Infections Be Eradicated?

Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium found in about 50 percent of humans worldwide, can cause stomach ulcers and, in extreme cases, gastric cancer. In an article for F1000 Medicine Reports, Seiji Shiota and Yoshio Yamaoka discuss the possible eradication of H. pylori ...More

March 12, 2010

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Researchers Confirm Role of Common Stomach Bacteria in Pancreatic Cancer

Yale University researchers have discovered that colonization by the common stomach bacteria Helicobacter pylori in people with non-O blood types is associated with a nearly three-fold increased risk of pancreatic cancer. The research, published online Feb. 24 in the ...More

March 4, 2010

Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization

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