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McMaster University via Lab Manager
A new group of antibiotics with a unique approach to attacking bacteria has been discovered, making it a promising clinical candidate in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
The newly found corbomycin and the lesser-known complestatin have a never-before-seen way to kill bacteria, which is achieved by blocking the function of the bacterial cell wall.
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Contagion Live
With cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) increasing across the globe, why should we be paying attention to influenza — a respiratory illness that is seen year after year? The answer lies in the numbers. Currently, there have been 13 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 in the U.S., yet flu cases for the 2019-20 US season have topped 22 million. This is an increase of 4 million cases over the span of one week.
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CIDRAP
The addition of an antistaphylococcal beta-lactam to standard antibiotic therapy did not result in significant improvement for patients hospitalized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia, an international team of researchers reported in JAMA.
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Infection Control Today
Every week brings something new with the novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China. Reporting on case counts seems futile as these numbers are changing daily. The World Health Organization has provided a name for the disease though, COVID-19. “COVI” referring to coronavirus and “D” for disease, meaning that this is the name of the disease caused by the virus that will likely be called SARS-CoV-2. Similar to the naming aspects of HIV/AIDs, the COVID-19 refers to the illness and disease caused by the infectious agent, 2019-CoV (until it is officially given the taxonomy of SARS-CoV-2).
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The miniiSED® is the newest addition to the iSED® family of ESR analyzers from ALCOR Scientific. The miniiSED®is a single position, fully automated ESR analyzer that works directly from the primary EDTA tube and produces an ESR result in just 15 seconds. The miniiSED® is the ideal ESR analyzer for small laboratories, POL’s and emergency clinics.
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Medical Xpress
The major obstacle to curing HIV is a vast reservoir of "latent, replication-competent proviruses," which have infiltrated the very cells that help orchestrate the immune response.
Of all barriers to curing HIV, none pose as difficult a conundrum as latency, a quiescent phase in which proviruses essentially lie in wait, but remain capable of reactivation.
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European Public Health Alliance
“Never has the threat of antimicrobial resistance been more immediate and the need for solutions more urgent”, said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, World Health Organization. The recent coronavirus outbreak has reminded us that health threats do not stop at borders and health security matters.
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Michigan Medicine
Women with early stage breast cancer who test positive for an inherited genetic variant aren’t always receiving cancer treatment that follows current guidelines, a new study finds.
An inherited gene can increase risk of developing a second breast cancer, so strategies such as removing a woman’s breasts or ovaries are intended to prevent a future cancer.
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Outbreak News Today
Private insurance claim lines for sexually transmitted diseases rose 76% nationally from 2007 to 2018, according to a new study of STDs from FAIR Health, a national, independent nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and health insurance information. The study results, which are being released in the form of an infographic, are based on analysis of data from FAIR Health’s comprehensive repository of over 30 billion private healthcare claim records — the largest in the country.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison via ScienceDaily
Through experiments, researchers found that the force each cell applies to the surface beneath it — in other words, traction — is the dominant physical factor that controls cell shape and motion as cells travel as a group.
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SeraSub® is a synthetic serum for use as a component in preparing standards and controls for in-vitro diagnostic tests.
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Infectious Disease Advisor
Clostridioides difficile is a major healthcare-associated pathogen, and infection with this bacteria leads to excess morbidity and mortality, as well as prolonging hospital stays and hospital readmissions. Further, patients who have experienced one episode of recurrent C. difficile infection have a 45% risk for subsequent recurrence.
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