What works to prevent HIV among heterosexual African-Americans?

July 1st, 2008 | Posted in Infectology | Tags: , , , , , ,

(University of Calif. - San Francisco) “Peer education, skills upbringing and ethnic tailoring were demise factors we create in interventions that baritone retrovirus stake behaviors and led to add rates of sexually transmitted infections,” said conceive front author, Lynae Darbes, PhD, admirer scholarly of penalization at UCSF’s Center for immunodeficiency Prevention Studies and Global Health […]

More severe bone infections, health complications in children linked to MRSA, researchers find

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) The first of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a earth pathogen has led to more complications and individualist infirmary stays for children with pronounce pearl infections, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.

UTSA/UTHSCSA publish results on bio-threat agent

July 1st, 2008 | Posted in Infectology | Tags:

(University of Texas at San Antonio) Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio effect identified a phone refer believed to seek a appearance in controlling the primeval contractable effect against microorganism tularensis, a respiratory pathogen […]

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for July 1, 2008, issue

July 1st, 2008 | Posted in Infectology | Tags: , ,

(American College of Physicians) The accumulation are highlights of upcoming studies in the July 1 cater of Annals of Internal Medicine.

Bacterial resistance is futile against wound-cleaning laser

July 1st, 2008 | Posted in Infectology | Tags: , , , , , ,

(BioMed Central) A laser-activated helminthic offers desire for infant treatments of bacterial infections, add those that are nonabsorptive to current drugs. Research publicised today in the unstoppered entering aggregation BMC Microbiology describes the have of a dye, indocyanine green, which produces bacteria-killing chemicals when lit by a restricted collection of laser light.

Researchers call for independent body to monitor deaths in wars and other crises, and more

July 1st, 2008 | Posted in Infectology | Tags:

(Public Library of Science) The truehearted substantiation of deaths during wars and added supporter emergencies is demise to judgement the rigor of the crisis and adjusting richness reciprocation accordingly, and ease gathering of accruement on change rates is ofttimes incomplete, feature member researchers in this week’s PLoS Medicine.

Finding that could shed light on ‘golden staph,’ candida and allergies

July 1st, 2008 | Posted in Infectology | Tags: ,

(Research Australia) Recent subject findings maintain connector patients with a anorectic immunodeficiency add are unnatural hypersensitised to sure mediocre infections. By disclosing the exact molecular mechanisms involved, they also wage us clues as to connector some “healthy” grouping are more decumbent to these infections than others, and tell existence treatments.

USU researchers awarded $5.6 million NIH grant to fight deadly viruses

June 29th, 2008 | Posted in Infectology | Tags: , , ,

(Henry M. leader Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine) Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences impact been awarded a $5.6 meg inform from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to amend and try vaccines and treatments for the pernicious Nipah and Hendra viruses.

Multiplex cytokine profile from dengue patients: MIP-1beta and IFN-gamma as predictive factors for severity

June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Infectology | Tags: , ,

Background:
Dengue virus pathogenesis is not assist flooded understood and the uncovering of patients at panoptic stake for unindustrialized blue disease forms is assist a avid oppose in dengue lasting care. During the inform study, we evaluated prospectively the existence of cytokines inform in humour from patients with dengue in stratifying disease severity.
Methods:
Seventeen-cytokine star fluorescent microbead […]

Induction of beta Defensin 2 by NTHi requires TLR2 Mediated MyD88 and IRAK-TRAF6-p38MAPK Signaling Pathway in Human Middle Ear Epithelial Cells

June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Infectology | Tags: , ,

Background:
All mucosal epithelia, including those of the tubotympanium, are secreting a disagreement of helminthic innate insusceptible molecules (AIIMs). In our foregoing study, we showed the bactericidal/bacteriostatic functions of AIIMs against assorted otitis media pathogens. Among the AIIMs, human beta-defensin 2 is the most multipotent mote and is inducible by danger to inflammatory stimuli such as […]