Sentences with phrase «lung infections with»

Unbeknownst to Knight's team at the time, the infant staying in that room had had a lung infection with that bacterium.

Bragonzi A. Murine models of acute and chronic lung infection with cystic fibrosis pathogens.

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I won't reveal yet who my favorites are, but I will say that these young scientist - founders came up with very creative solutions for preventing infections in some common surgeries, tackling resistance in targeted antibody drugs, improving gene vectors for cell therapies, helping the vision - impaired «see» faces and better read their environments, imaging hard - to - see spots in the lungs and other organs, improving genetic risk analysis, and expediting the logistical operations of hospitals.

But with the exception (perhaps) of some infections, human disease, including lung cancer, is rarely «caused» by one (and only one) thing.

And since they're still surgery, these procedures come with serious health risks like infection, blood clots, and lung or breathing problems.

But when you're a 94 - year - old man with a horrible lung infection, you need trained medical professionals.

With preterm PROM before 34 weeks, the doctor will usually hospitalize the mother and then try to postpone labor until the baby's lungs are mature, giving steroids to boost lung development, along with antibiotics and monitoring for signs of infectWith preterm PROM before 34 weeks, the doctor will usually hospitalize the mother and then try to postpone labor until the baby's lungs are mature, giving steroids to boost lung development, along with antibiotics and monitoring for signs of infectwith antibiotics and monitoring for signs of infection.

Pregnant women may be more susceptible to throat and lung infections that begin with rhinitis.

Even a mild cold can turn into a nasty lung infection, so make sure that everyone who comes into contact with your baby washes their hands.

Some babies with BPD outgrow all symptoms of the disease by the time they go to preschool, while others will have lifelong lung problems such as asthma or frequent lung infections.

This includes essential care during childbirth and in the postnatal period for every mother and baby, including antenatal steroid injections (given to pregnant women at risk of preterm labour to strengthen the babies» lungs), kangaroo mother care (when the baby is carried by the mother with skin - to - skin contact and frequent breastfeeding), and antibiotics to treat newborn infections.

Also, if some of the stomach contents get into the nose or lungs, a baby with GERD might develop respiratory problems like pneumonia, a cough at night, or sinus or ear infections.

The AAP Committee on Environmental Health has identified these problems with secondhand smoke exposure: decreased lung growth, decreased lung function, and increased frequency of lower respiratory tract infections and respiratory symptoms.

The Danger: The wipes contain the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia), and people with weakened immune systems or chronic lung conditions like cystic fibrosis may be more susceptible to infection.

Your doctor will first check for signs of infection; if none are present, then they may attempt to hold off your labor, and supply your baby with steroidal medicines to help their lungs grow quicker.

In another case, the adulteration with talcum powder led to lung tissue infection.

Immunologist Dr Dan Neill, who is the other first author added: «This finding may explain why patients often suffer from recurrent infections with the same bacterial strain as continual re-infection of the lungs from the upper airways can take place.»

Out with the old Pertussis is a bacterial infection of the lungs that leads to uncontrollable, deep coughs.

The bacteria, Burkholderia cenocepacia, are highly antibiotic resistant and cause severe lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis.

PET scans showed dramatically increased glucose metabolism in the lungs of 20 immune - compromised pediatric cancer patients with flu and other respiratory infections compared to patients without infections.

Researchers only discovered this process in the late 1990s, but they've already begun dozens of clinical trials to gauge whether infusing patients with these small RNAs works against a range of diseases, from lung infections to liver cancer to age - related macular degeneration, a sight - stealing condition that mainly affects people over the age of 50.

Community - acquired pneumonia, a type of lung inflammation contracted outside of a hospital or nursing - home setting, is most often caused by infections with bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.

One possibility would be to test the virus on people with cystic fibrosis, to see if it can defeat stubborn Pseudomonas lung infections.

But, he notes, «with all infections, part of the concern is that the inflammatory response can become too exuberant, which leads to tissue damage, as in septic shock,» and lung failure.

General practices with lower rates of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections did not have higher rates of serious bacterial complications, including: meningitis, mastoiditis (infection of the mastoid bone behind the ear), empyema (infection of the lining of the lungs), brain abscess or Lemierre's syndrome (an infection of the jugular vein in the neck).

This leads to recurrent life - threatening lung infections, which result in lung damage that causes 90 % of deaths in people with cystic fibrosis.

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

In addition, low levels of PD1 in the lungs of influenza - virus - infected mice were associated with severe infection and highly pathogenic viruses, such as H5N1.

(Both forms are caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis; pneumonic plague develops when a person with bubonic plague is not treated, and the infection spreads to the lungs.)

To be able to target the infection with medications in the future, researchers need to know more about how the organism (technically a yeast), moves from the lungs into the blood stream and through the blood - brain barrier.

Most people with cystic fibrosis develop lung infections that involve multiple species of microbes.

After nestling inside the human lung, they can cause a severe infection that, if not treated with antibiotics, kills 90 % of those it infects.

When injected 3 days before infection with the SARS virus, the macaques excreted far less virus from their throats, and their lung damage was reduced by about 80 %.

«Infections with progressively resistant bacteria in the lung shorten the lives of people with cystic fibrosis,» said Joseph M. Pilewski, M.D., co-director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center at UPMC.

It is especially promising in the development of a potential treatment for lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis.

They announced that they had used exome sequencing to identify people with cystic fibrosis who are at high risk of infection with the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa — associated with worse lung health and survival (Nature Genetics, DOI: 10.1038 / ng.2344).

Although the study's approach wasn't a sure bet, the researchers hoped to go further than any other gene therapy trial yet for this relatively common inherited disease that fills people's lungs with sticky mucus that promotes deadly infections.

It doesn't kill the cell that it hides in, but is dangerous enough that it can cause infections in individuals with an impaired immune system, such as patients who are receiving cancer treatment, who have pre-existing lung problems or whose immune systems are otherwise compromised.

Mice infected with a resistant strain of tuberculosis that were treated with both SMARt - 420 and ethionamide also showed a significantly reduced bacterial load in their lungs three weeks after infection compared to controls, the authors report.

The researchers next showed that the Smurf1 gene controls M. tuberculosis growth in human macrophages and that the Smurf1 protein was found in association with bacteria in the lungs of patients with tuberculosis infections.

In multiple trials of mice with both active and chronic TB infections, researchers report that one version of the new drug — an analog known as 1599 — was as good as or better than current TB drugs at reducing levels of the bacteria in the lungs of mice.

Laura and Cate are among thousands of Americans who have cystic fibrosis (CF), an inherited disease that clogs the lungs with thick mucus, encouraging chronic infections that eventually kill.

According to Earl Brown, professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa, the more limited ability of the avian flu virus to infect cells in the human airway thus also appears to be associated with infection of the deep areas of the lung where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.

Malnutrition and lung infections are associated with increased risk of death in people with cystic fibrosis, so better nutrition and minimizing hospitalizations due to infections are important to further improve survival in CF.

The first international patient registry has been launched for primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)-- a rare lung disease causing long - term and recurring respiratory infections, with no approved treatments and no cure.

One person, who had had close daily contact with the monkeys, reported coming down with a fever, chills, a headache, a dry cough, and a burning sensation in her lungs — hallmarks of the kinds of respiratory infection commonly caused by adenoviruses.

Infections with these organisms in patients with chronic lung diseases like cystic fibrosis represent an enormous challenge in medical therapy.

And even people with «active» TB typically confine the infection to the lungs and can be cured with antibiotics.

Researchers have identified two new biological markers of cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease which affects children and young adults, leaving them with lifelong health complications including digestive problems and persistent lung infections.

«Lung - specific Ebola infection found in recovering patient: RNA associated with viral replication lingered in the lungs after clearing from blood.»