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Infectious Disease Severity Higher in Young Adults Than School-age Kids

Kids aged 5-14 years are most resilient to infectious diseases, and immune aging may begin in young adults, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Scientific Data . The first systematic review of how the ...

Novel Drug Target for Deadly E.coli Infections

Novel molecular pathway that controls Shiga toxins in E.coli infections in the intestine was discovered in a new study. Escherichia coli or E.coli is a bacteria which mostly causes mild food poisoning, but some types of E.coli can be fatal. ...

Tiny Heater can Track Infectious Disease With Ease

Pill-sized heater could increase the accessibility in tracking and diagnosing infectious disease more precisely, reports a new study. A team of researchers at the University of Toronto Engineering have developed a tiny "heater" - about the size ...

Effectiveness of Travel Bans During Infectious Disease Outbreaks Mostly Unknown

New study suggests that there is an urgent requirement for additional research to inform policy decisions on the use of travel bans and other control measures to control noninfluenza emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in advance of the next ...

Early Infectious Disease Consult Helps Cut Sepsis Death Risk

When caregivers consult with an infectious disease physician early on in a sepsis patient’s treatment, the patient’s death risk can be decreased by up to 40 percent, according to a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal ...

Poor Toilet Hygiene, Not Food: Real Culprit Behind E. coli Superbug Spread

Poor toilet hygiene is more likely to spread antibiotic-resistant E. coli superbugs than food, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. Antibiotic-resistant E. coli is more ...

E. Coli Causes the Worst Possible Infection by Locating Oxygen-free Areas of the Gut

By locating low oxygen environment in the large intestine, the dangerous bacterium, E. coli, causes the worst possible infection by manufacturing harmful Shiga toxins. A pair of University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have ...

Virulent & Resistant Strains of E.coli Persists in Healthy Women's Gut

Multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli strains are found in around 9 percent of the healthy women's gut without causing any symptoms of urinary tract infection, according to a recent study done on 1,000 healthy women. This is of clinical ...

Link Between Future Population Growth, Agricultural Development and Infectious Disease Discovered

The increase in population and the need to feed everyone will also, ultimately, give rise to human infectious disease, stated new article published in Nature Sustainability. The authors of the paper consider “two of the most formidable ecological ...

New Technology Helps Detect E.coli in Minutes

New technology developed by University of Warwick scientists helps detect bioelectrical signals from bacteria that can be used to rapidly determine if they are alive or dead. Testing clinical samples or commercial products for bacterial ...

Common Antibiotics to Fight Resistant E. Coli

Group of scientists in Denmark are trying to get one step ahead in the battle against antibiotic resistance. Today, many disease-causing bacteria acquire resistance genes, which make antibiotic treatment ineffective. Especially, one gene, ...

New Model Helps Better Understand, Predict Infectious Disease Risks

A new model developed by scientists helps identify and understand superspreaders and other forms of extreme competence, including less studied "superdiluters" that may protect individuals against infection risk. The research is published today in ...

New Kit to Detect E.coli Contamination in Food Made

The New Escherichia coli (E.coli) detection kit can detect the deadly pathogen much more quickly than current methods. Researchers have developed a novel testing kit that can detect Escherichia coli (E.coli) -- a deadly pathogen -- much more ...

Director of Food and Nutrition Shares Tips on How to Fight E.coli

Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center's Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Richard Doscher shares tips on how to battle E.coli outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued this warning about an E. coli outbreak, “Do not ...

E. Coli from Infected Poultry can Cause Urinary Tract Infection

Highlights : Contaminated retail poultry products have been detected to have the same E. Coli strain as humans who are sick with urinary tract infections (UTIs) The findings prove that E. coli from infected ...

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Urinary Tract Infection - Urine Culture

The diagnosis of UTI was based on a quantitative urine culture yielding greater than 100,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per milliliter of urine, termed "significant bacteriuria."

Shiga Toxin-producing E. Coli in Food: Study

Shiga toxin, a protein for attaching the pathogens in the intestine (intimin) is regarded as an important factor in the development of severe diarrhoea.

Find Out How E. Coli Defend Themselves Against Antibiotics

E. coli has many beneficial functions, such as the production of vitamin K and B vitamins and prevent harmful bacteria from establishing in the intestine.

Co-trimoxazole

This medication is a combination of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole, prescribed for certain types bacterial infections. It is also used to treat traveler's ...

Ciprofloxacin

This medication is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, prescribed for certain types of bacterial infections such as pneumonia, urinary tract, skin, bones and joint infections. It is also used to treat gastrointestinal ...