«Our work shows that we can treat potentially
deadly infections more effectively using antibiotics that are already available.
Not exact matches
Pregnant woman are
more prone to it and this
infection is
deadly for babies.
We must extend our gaze to other
more potentially
deadly infections that lurk just over the horizon, and with the financial pressures on the NHS to make savings, now is not the time to release our grip.
The
deadly Escherichia coli outbreak in Germany last year, which sickened
more than 4,000 people and killed
more than 50, may be traceable to modern factory farming, which uses massive doses of antibiotics to curb animal
infections, likely converting a normally benign microbe into an antibiotic - resistant killer.
G. vaginalis also may be a contributor to
more serious — and potentially
deadly — kidney
infections, the study suggests.
In a
deadly cycle, malnutrition renders children
more susceptible to
infection and less able to fight it.
The 1917 virus had
infection and mortality rates typical of seasonal flu, but a single mutation in the proteins affecting how the virus binds to a host cell may have led to the
deadly 1918 wave, which killed
more than 50 million people worldwide.
They found that, while the fungus is still as
deadly as it was before the outbreak, frogs now appear to be
more likely to survive after
infection.
«To me, this looks like a very early step in a whole line of research that can really help us understand what are some of the driving forces in developing antibiotic - related diarrhea, in general, and C. difficile, specifically,» says Marya Zilberberg, MD, a professor at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, whose research has helped show that C. difficile
infections are becoming
more common — and
more deadly — in the United States.
For example, the superbug MRSA, which can cause hard - to - treat skin
infections, appears to contaminate approximately 5 % of U.S. retail meat; mysterious skin hives or allergic reactions may be a sign of alpha - gal meat allergies; a lack of safety thresholds in U.S. meat for drug residues, toxic metals, and pesticides can potentially result in jaundice and skin cancer; a case of Vitamin A poisoning from fish actually resulted in one man experiencing such serious peeling of his skin it took
more than three months to heal; using tanning beds instead of natural sunlight or supplements to get Vitamin D is linked to an increased risk of the
deadliest kind of skin cancer; milk consumption has been associated with increased acne risk; and low antioxidants levels in the skin may correlate with the development of wrinkles.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a potentially
deadly infection in which fluid fills the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe, appears
more common among heart surgery patients during flu season, the researchers found.
Heartworm
infection is a far
more dangerous and potentially
deadly parasite that lives in the heart of infected animals.
Smaller dogs are
more likely to develop bacteria and
infection when given the drug making it
deadly for them.
Cat owners should probably also be aware of them, as well, since heartworm
infections are less common in cats but often
more deadly.
Morris Animal Foundation has awarded
more than $ 400,000 in grants to fund research into three
deadly feline
infections and drugs formulated for two other feline conditions.
If your cat has ringworm, skin, or ear yeast
infections, or the
more serious and
deadly blastomycosis, then a fungus is to blame.
Deadlight, the iconic zombie experience rises once
more, spreading its
deadliest infection yet to PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all - in - one games and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC.
Now the Independent reports that a new research paper, published in the German science journal Naturwissenschaften, has shown that bees exposed to minute doses of imidacloprid — also a neonicotinoid pesticide — are left considerably
more vulnerable to
infections caused by a
deadly parasite, nosema: