Respiratory Infections

  • Microbiologists Find Defense Molecule that Senses Respiratory Viruses
    A cellular molecule that not only can sense two common respiratory viruses but also can direct cells to mount a defense has been identified by microbiologists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.The finding, published online Sunday, Aug. 23, by ...More
    August 24, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Overall Antibiotic Prescription Rates for Respiratory Tract Infections Decreasing
    From 1995 to 2006 the rate of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections decreased significantly, attributable in part to a decline in ambulatory visits for ear infections in young children, according to a study in the August 19 issue of JAMA. But ...More
    August 19, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Demystify Acinetobacter baumannii
    Tao Weitao, a researcher in the College of Sciences' Department of Biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio is making great strides in a project that was funded one year ago by the San Antonio Area Foundation. The professor in the South Texas Center for Emerging ...More
    August 17, 2009
    Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, PPE & Standard Precautions
  • Misuse of Common Antibiotic is Creating Resistant TB
    Use of a common antibiotic may be undercutting its utility as a first-line defense against drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Fluoroquinolones are the most commonly prescribed class of antibiotics in the U.S. and are used to fight a number of different infections such as ...More
    August 10, 2009
    Posted in News
  • New Tuberculosis Blood Test Is Often "Indeterminate" in Children
    A new type of blood test for tuberculosis (TB) has important limitations for use in children—especially very young children and those with abnormal immune function, reports a study in the August issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Two accompanying ...More
    August 7, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Genomic Signature in Blood Identifies Underlying Viral Infection
    Scientists have identified a genomic "signature" in circulating blood that reveals exposure to common upper respiratory viruses, like the cold or flu, even before symptoms appear. The tell-tale viral signature reflects a set of subtle but robust changes in genes that are ...More
    August 7, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Higher Drug Doses Needed to Defeat Tuberculosis
    The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers say. The finding, reported online and in the August edition of Antimicrobial Agents and ...More
    July 30, 2009
    Posted in News
  • TB 'Tracker' to Speed Drug and Vaccine Studies
    Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a novel way to monitor in real time the behavior of the TB bacterium in mouse lungs noninvasively pinpointing the exact location of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The new monitoring system is expected to speed up what is currently a ...More
    July 22, 2009
    Posted in News
  • SARS Added to HHS’ List of Public Health Threats
    Health authorities at the federal level are proposing to add severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to the list of agents and toxins which the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has designated as posing a threat to public health. The notice for this proposed ...More
    July 17, 2009
    Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
  • Scientists Discover How Flu Damages Lung Tissue
    A protein in influenza virus that helps it multiply also damages lung epithelial cells, causing fluid buildup in the lungs, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Southern Research Institute. Publishing online this week in the ...More
    July 17, 2009
    Posted in News
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