Sentences with phrase «infected by drug»

Maddie was a patient of Dr. Cynthia Benbow, DVM, CVA, who suspected the lab had become infected by a drug - resistant strain of heartworms.

About 70 percent of those are infected by drug - resistant bacteria.

Not exact matches

The Food and Drug Administration approves Theranos's test to detect if someone has been infected by herpes simplex virus 1.

The majority of these women contracted the disease not by intravenous drug abuse, but from their infected boyfriends and husbands.

The medical practice by which he carried out this business was a filthy fraud in which he overdosed his patients with dangerous drugs, spread venereal disease among them with infected instruments, perforated their wombs and bowels - and, on at least two occasions, caused their deaths... Bureaucratic inertia is not exactly news.

A report by drug policy think tank Volteface stated that 3,700 people died from things like infected syringes and accidental overdoses and recommended a trial of drug consumption rooms to provide a safe, clean and legal space for users.

A report by drug policy think tank Volteface stated that 3,700 people died from things like infected... More

Mrs. Alarbi said studies showed that for babies born to HIV - infected mothers, the use of niverapine drug combined with baby formulas to prevent mother - to - child transmission, could reduce child mortality to only two per cent of under - five mortality and morbidity while the use of insecticide - treated bed nets could reduce it by six per cent.

By 1990, already 25,000 New Yorkers had died from AIDS - related illnesses, with many more infected — gay and bisexual men, injecting drug users, and increasingly women, especially in communities of color.

Ethical concerns After two infected Americans were treated with a cocktail of antibodies made by Mapp Biopharmaceutical of San Diego, California, three UK - based international health experts called on 5 August for such drugs to be made available to Africans.

«By focusing on changing how infected cells respond to the resulting metabolic stress rather than targeting a component of the virus itself, there is less risk that the virus will become resistant to the drugs,» Thomas said.

In a trial that involved nearly 900 South African women, those who received a vaginal gel that contains an anti-HIV drug had a 39 % lower chance of becoming infected by the virus than those who received a placebo.

Early results show that the capsules have cured 32 people infected with drug - resistant Clostridium difficile, a dangerous microbe that installs itself in the gut and causes inflammation marked by diarrhea, cramping and pain.Thomas Louie, an infectious disease physician at the University of Calgary in Alberta, presented the data on October 3 at ID Week, a meeting of infectious disease specialists.

But the reality appears to be very different: interviews conducted by New Scientist with ex-prisoners and with researchers confirm that many drug users do not lose access to drugs inside prison but instead lose the help that they need to avoid becoming infected with HIV.

The virus is spread by contact with infected blood, such as through blood transfusions, injection drug use or sexual contact.

Europe and Asia, by contrast, had a heads - up, and countries have closely monitored travelers returning from North America, putting many infected people and their close contacts on antiviral drugs, as well as forcing some patients to remain in isolation.

In the case of a disease like heartworm, which is transmitted by mosquitoes and infects both wild animal populations and companion animals, there is some natural variation in both drug coverage and mixing.

The topical anti-fungal drug Ciclopirox causes HIV - infected cells to commit suicide by jamming up the cells» powerhouse, the mitochondria — according to a study by researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

Such drugs would modulate ZBP1's action — allowing the body to fight the virus by killing infected cells, but preventing that overreaction.

Several previous studies have explored whether drugs can shock cells that are infected with latent HIV to make new viruses, setting them up for the kill by the natural immune response.

Developed by Canadian biotech company Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, these particles are supposed to protect the drugs and help them reach Ebola - infected cells.

In a letter published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology, researchers led by Professor Jean - Philippe Spano, head of the medical oncology department at Pitie - Salpetriere Hospital AP - HP in Paris, France, report that while treating an HIV - infected lung cancer patient with the cancer drug nivolumab, they observed a «drastic and persistent decrease» in the reservoirs of cells in the body where the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is able to hide away from attack by anti-retroviral therapy.

Second, by disturbing the function of the mitochondria, the cells» power stations, the drugs caused HIV - infected cells to self - destruct while sparing healthy cells.

Encouraged by the transfusion service, France continued collecting blood from prisons until the end of 1985, at which time about half the drug - addicted prisoners in France were found to be infected with HIV.

At a meeting in Geneva this week, the WHO asked pharmaceutical companies and governments for more antiviral drugs and ordinary flu vaccine to prevent chicken handlers being infected by human flu at the same time as bird flu.

The drug, however, is so far meant for use only by patients infected with a particular strain of the virus — CCR5 - tropic HIV - 1 — that is resistant to many other antiretroviral therapies.

At WHO, he led a program called «3x5» that pushed for the goal of having 3 million HIV - infected people on antiretroviral drugs by 2005.

«This suggests that one, the drug was well - tolerated by the Zika - infected pregnant mice and two, more importantly, that it was able to arrest Zika replication in vivo and stop transmission from mother to fetus,» said Muotri.

Researchers from the University of Miami, Florida and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have developed a method which allows to drastically reduce the drug dose, since it improves its efficacy 83 %, multiplies by 10 the capacity of the drug to attack cell infected by the parasite which provokes the disease, and significantly reduces the toxicity of the parasite.

By disrupting the function of TPC2 with drugs, the virus is locked into the endosome, unable to be released to infect the cell.

By focusing on treatments that act early, before a person is infected and feels sick, the researchers hope to give malaria — especially drug - resistant strains — less time to spread.

To find out how the drugs supress CMV, researchers led by Thomas Shenk of Princeton University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark infected cells with the virus, and then treated them with a COX - 2 inhibitor.

«It gives credence to the concept that like cancer cells, HIV - infected cells can be targeted and eliminated by a drug.»

In a study published in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, a team led by Miranda examined how certain drugs affect genes in EBV - infected tumor cells.

In most of the cases, people get infected with hepatitis C by sharing unsterilised needles when injecting drugs, but the infection can also be spread by sharing razors and toothbrushes and occasionally even through unprotected sex.

Being infected with Candida is not something that is remedied by taking drugs.

The person infected with HIV must additionally weaken his defence system by pessimism, lack of exercise, stress, negative thinking, depression and fear, using drugs (drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, coffee, chocolate, tea, cola, etc.), refined products, foods high in sugar, cheese, meat, dairy, etc..

While no specific drug is available that will kill the virus in infected dogs, treatment consists primarily of efforts to combat dehydration by replacing electrolyte and fluid losses, controlling vomiting and diarrhea, and preventing secondary infections until the dog's immune system is able to fight the virus.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, heartworms are transmitted when an infected dog has been bitten by a mosquito.

Dr. Kaplan's lab confirmed that the heartworms were indeed drug resistant, making Maddie the first pet in the U.S. to be infected by this new strain.

MLH in Los Angeles engaged in very few risk behaviors themselves, such as injection drug use, and were likely infected by their primary sexual partners [57].