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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Turns Protein Into a Virulence Factor in One Easy Step

To infect its host, the respiratory pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa takes an ordinary protein usually involved in making other proteins and adds three small molecules to turn it into a key for gaining access to human cells. In a study published May 7 in mBio®, the online ...More

3 weeks ago

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FDA Approves TOBI Podhaler to Treat Bacterial Lung Infection in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TOBI Podhaler (tobramycin inhalation powder) for the management of cystic fibrosis patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that causes lung infections. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that affects about ...More

March 25, 2013

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Lack of Energy is an Enemy to Antibiotic-Resistant Microbes

Rice University researchers “cured” a strain of bacteria of its ability to resist an antibiotic in an experiment that has implications for a long-standing public health crisis. Rice environmental engineer Pedro Alvarez and his team managed to remove the ability of the ...More

February 11, 2013

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Bacterium That Causes Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Succumbs to Blue Light

Blue light can selectively eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections of the skin and soft tissues, while preserving the outermost layer of skin, according to a proof-of-principle study led by Michael R. Hamblin of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Harvard ...More

January 28, 2013

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Antibodies to Immune Cells Protect Eyes in Pseudomonas Infection

Contact lenses, particularly the extended wear variety, render wearers vulnerable to eye infections from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These infections can cause severe damage, including blindness. Treating the eye with antibodies to the inflammatory immune compound ...More

October 22, 2012

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Researchers Discover New Vaccine Candidate for Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have discovered a new vaccine candidate for the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa taking advantage of a new mechanism of immunity. The study was published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care ...More

July 6, 2012

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Fighting Bacteria's Strength in Numbers

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have opened the way for more accurate research into new ways to fight dangerous bacterial infections by proving a long-held theory about how bacteria communicate with each other. Researchers in the University’s School of Molecular ...More

May 17, 2012

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U.S. Marshals Seize Contaminated Ultrasound Gel Product at a New Jersey Company

U.S. Marshals, acting at the request of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have seized Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel located at Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc. in Newark, N.J., after an FDA analysis found that product samples contained dangerous ...More

April 18, 2012

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Exposure to Common Environmental Bacteria May be Source of Some Allergic Inflammation

New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that certain strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cause white blood cells to produce high levels of histamine, which worsens the severity of inflammation and infection. Could some cases of asthma actually be ...More

January 31, 2012

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Patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Serve as Reservoirs for Environmental Contamination

Studies of recent hospital outbreaks caused by multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa (MRPA) have often failed to identify a specific environmental reservoir. Cristina Suarez, of the Infectious Diseases Service at Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, ...More

December 22, 2011

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