Sentences with phrase «fatal lung infections»

Equally alarming, he says, is a surge in Klebsiella pneumoniae, which can cause fatal lung infections.

A new class of drugs has shown promise for treating the bacteria that cause legionnaires» disease, a potentially fatal lung infection.

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Although most cases are mild, many sufferers develop a rapidly fatal infection deep in their lungs.

People with cystic fibrosis can get Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in their lungs, which can lead to fatal pneumonia.

New research is paving the way for the development of innovative drugs that restore antibiotic susceptibility in antibiotic - resistant superbugs such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, a main cause of fatal lung and bloodstream infections worldwide.

A. fumigatus is harmless to healthy people, but for those whose immune systems are impaired by AIDS or immunosuppressive drugs, it can set up an infection in the lungs which is usually fatal.

If they are not treated with antibiotics, patients may suffer lung abscess, shock, infection that spreads through the blood, and eventual fatal respiratory failure.

Rivera actually had a form of sepsis — a blood infection that spreads from a patient's skin, bowels, lungs or kidneys and can prove fatal even if treated aggressively.