Tag: infection
Study: Hospital stewardship lowers antibiotic use, infections
Review finds a nearly 20% drop in overall antimicrobial use, almost 40% in the ICU.... read more
Hookworm Infection: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Hookworm is an intestinal parasite that is the cause of millions of infections worldwide. Learn about the symptoms and treatment of these infections here.... read more
New Zika Antibody Test Service Launched by Quest Diagnostics
Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced the availability of a new antibody test service that aids the diagnosis of infection with the Zika virus.... read more
Researchers identify protein critical in causing chronic UTIs
Researchers have identified a way to prevent chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs). Vaccinating mice against a key protein that bacteria use to latch onto the bladder and cause UTIs reduces severe disease, according to... read more
Unnecessary Antibiotics Still Prescribed for Community-Acquired Pneumonia Due to Difficulties Identifying Resistant Strains
Unnecessary Prescription of Antibiotics Still Prevalent Due to Difficulties in Identifying Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Community-acquired Pneumonia. Researchers examined the true prevalence of methicillin (antibiotic)-resistant... read more
Doctors, hospitals, advocates push for education on killer sepsis
Many people don't know about sepsis. Meanwhile, health care providers struggle to identify it early. Sepsis kills more than 250,000 people every year; people at highest risk are those with weakened immune systems.... read more
The Perks of Manipulating the Microbiome
A patient's microbiome - the bacterial residents that inhabit the skin, mouth and gastrointestinal tract - can face a host of insults while battling an illness or infection. The microbial damage that ensues may significantly... read more
Chlorhexidine bathing significantly more effective in reducing hospital-acquired infections
A Houston Methodist team showed that chlorhexidine bathing of surgical ICU patients decreased the risk of hospital-acquired infections by more than 44 percent.... read more
Is SIRS dead? The new definition of sepsis.
To mark Sepsis Awareness Month in September, Prof Gando, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Intensive Care, tells us more about the recent sepsis definitions, published earlier this year.... read more
N.J. hospitals work together to reduce sepsis deaths
Anyone can get sepsis. They can get it while perfectly healthy, after having a health issue or while hospitalized for a procedure or test.... read more
Antibiotics: resist the resistance
European Pharmaceutical Review caught up with Destiny Pharma’s CEO, Dr Love, for an interview about the threat of bacterial resistance to antibiotics...... read more
Study Finds Two Ways to Reduce HAIs
The risk for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) is reduced by conducting fewer patient transports and limiting urinary catheter use, according to a study conducted at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey.... read more
Few ICU Patients with Pneumonia Tested for Virus Infections
Researchers investigated the clinical practices of testing for respiratory virus infections in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and... read more
Deworming drugs could treat deadly C. difficile infection
A class of drugs used to deworm animals may have the potential to treat even the deadliest strains of Clostridium difficile in humans, new study suggests.... read more
VIB-Ghent University research provides insights into septic shock
Researchers at VIB and Ghent University have discovered an important mechanism of sepsis, an overreaction of the body's immune system to an infection.... read more
Utilising the immune system in the fight against sepsis – On Medicine
In this blog, Dr. Naoshi Takeyama, Senior Editor of Journal of Intensive Care, discusses about how knowledge of immuno-oncology can also be applied to strategies for managing sepsis and severe trauma.... read more
