Sentences with phrase «surface infection on»

A surface infection on the nipple and previous bouts with mastitis are also risk factors.

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You want to keep the skin as clean as possible — this article warns: «In some cases drool rash will become infected, leading to infant impetigo which is a contagious bacterial infection indicated by honey or yellow colored crusting on the rash's surface and possible blistering.»

You don't want your baby catching any infection if you can help it, and this is why a changing pad will help you ward off any potential disease - causing germs on a changing surface.

Bacteria and dust mites on a typical crib mattress surface expose your little one to infections and create the potential for respiratory problems.

«We found that a particular vaginal bacterium, Gardnerella vaginalis, did not cause infection during exposure to the urinary tract, but it damaged the cells on the surface of the bladder and caused E. coli from a previous UTI to start multiplying, leading to another bout of disease,» said the study's senior author, Amanda Lewis, PhD, an assistant professor of molecular microbiology and of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University.

FLU REVIEW Observing mutations that tweak proteins on the surface of the flu virus (3 - D representation, shown) in people with long - term infections may give researchers a preview of how the virus will morph as it spreads globally years later.

«Contaminated hospital surfaces play a key role in spreading those infections,» said Ethel Koranteng, a chemist at University College London, on April 5 at the Materials Research Society spring meeting.

In particular, it has evolved to show itself three to nine months after infection, allowing its own destruction by displaying antigens on its cell surfaces so the dog's immune system can destroy it.

Today's flu vaccines make the immune system produce antibodies that recognise structures on the surface of the virus to prevent infection with the most prevalent circulating strains.

It reacted to the infection by creating a tunnel - like cavity called a fistula that formed a hole on the surface of his chest.

Currently, seasonal flu vaccines are designed to induce high levels of protective antibodies against hemagglutinin (HA), a protein found on the surface of the influenza virus that enables the virus to enter a human cell and initiate infection.

Questions the group hopes to answer over the next five years include if LRAs will promote the expression of viral protein on the surface of infected cells, and if pairing LRAs with immune interventions will lead to the clearance of persistent, latent infection.

S. mansoni IPSE binds to Immunoglobulin E (IgE), an antibody produced by the immune system that is expressed on the surface of basophils, a type of immune cell; and mast cells, another immune cell that mediates inflammation; and sequesters chemokines, signaling proteins that alert white cells to infection sites.

«We found that antibodies called IgAs, which are commonly found on mucosal surfaces, can actually protect us from infections in two different ways,» adds the head of the study, who now works at The Scripps Research Institute in the USA.

«Mucosal surfaces, such as the lung, gastrointestinal tract, or female reproductive tract, are where most infections take place,» says Sam Lai, assistant professor of pharmacy and engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and senior author on the study.

Bacteria deposited on a surface by one person touching it, or via contaminated body fluids, can be picked up by subsequent users and spread to other surfaces, potentially causing thousands of infections worldwide.

A study of the way malaria parasites behave when they live in human red blood cells has revealed that they can rapidly change the proteins on the surface of their host cells during the course of a single infection in order to hide from the immune system.

In 10 hours, 84 percent of these spores had germinated and formed a specialized infection structure called the appressorium, which acts like a battering ram, exerting pressure on a rice leaf until the fungus punches through the surface.

Anyone lucky enough to resist infection with HIV altogether likely lacks the CCR5 receptor on the surface of his CD4 cells.

For example, Dr. Shiloh said, preventing Mtb from attaching to receptors on the M - cell surface — such as by vaccinating against a bacterial protein — could block the bacteria's entry, infection, and spread to other organs.

The results, presented here at the AAAS annual meeting on 14 February, showed that when the sea surface warmed off the coast of Peru in 1997 - 98, during El Niño, there was a marked increase in rates of cholera infection in Lima and nearby cities.

The mRNAs are delivered to the body and direct cells to produce and express both antigenic proteins on the cell surface, much like a native infection would do but without the ability to cause disease or spread.

The mRNA directs cells to produce and express the proteins on the cell surface, much like a native infections would do, but without the ability to cause disease.

The vaccines deliver mRNA encoding for hemagglutinin to the body's cells, directing them to produce and express this viral antigenic protein transiently on the cell's surface, much like a native infection would do, but without the ability to cause disease.

However, conventional intramuscular or subcutaneous immunizations often only induce weak immune responses in the gut where the infection occurs, and therefore protect only weakly against enteropathogens on the mucosal surface.

This loss of binding is often accompanied by a loss of ability to express (Barnwell et al. 1983; Handunetti et al. 1987; Gilks et al. 1990)-- or a major alteration in the level of expression of (David et al. 1983; Fandeur et al. 1995)-- the highly variable and clonally variant switching parasite antigens on the surface of the red cell known to be important for the maintenance of long - term chronic infections (Brown and Brown 1965).

To start, zinc is antibacterial and antimicrobial, which helps it to kill infections such as acne, on the skins surface.

Found in the blood, lymph, and on the surfaces of B Cells as antigen receptors (antibody protein that is not secreted but is anchored to the B - cell membrane that help fight infection.)

On the body's surface, it manifests as redness, heat, swelling and pain that has the purpose of bringing more nourishment and more immune activity to a site of injury or infection.

Lacerations or sores that do not heal after a normal period of time on the surface of your cat or dog's body may indicate infection, skin disease, and possibly cancer.

Dermatophytes feed on the dead skin cells that accumulate on the surface of the skin so the infections usually are superficial, stopping when they reach healthy skin cells or inflamed tissue.

To get a yeast infection, conditions on the skin surface have to change to favour the proliferation of the yeasts.

The shampoo works by decreasing bacteria on the skin surface and by reducing the likelihood that an infection will return.

The infection can live on dry surfaces for up to 30 days.

Once they occur, mast cell tumors can quickly grow from small «skin tag» - like growths on the surface to the skin to invading full thickness of the skin, and progressing to the lymph nodes for systemic infection.

Periodontal disease is an infection of the gums caused by the build - up of plaque on the tooth surface and under the gum line.

The infection might exist only on the skin surface or in more chronic cases, infection can result in dog skin sores that reach into the fatty tissue just below the skin.

This condition occurs when the tear gland on the inner surface of the third eyelid enlarges due to infection.

«PetAirapy has taken the lead in this important area of infection control for animals and has focused on solutions that have the greatest promise and potential for controlling airborne and surface - borne pathogens.

There are several forms of the disease that range from a minor infection on the surface of the mucous membrane to a fulminating form where the bony passages in the sinuses are rapidly destroyed.

Yeast infections can be suspected based on observation of these symptoms, but since other skin / ear problems can cause similar symptoms, the diagnosis is confirmed by performing skin surface or ear cytology.

Ear mites chew on the surface of the ear canal, which causes itching, and leads to infection.

An abscess forms when an infected bite wound heals over on the surface sealing the infection inside.