Tag: Bacteria
251 Cases of Soft Tick Relapsing Fever Reported in 2012 to 2021
Most of the patients with soft tick relapsing fever were hospitalized, but no fatalities were reported
Continuous Meropenem No Benefit in Critically Ill Patients With Sepsis
No improvement seen in composite of all-cause mortality and emergence of pandrug- or extensively drug-resistant bacteria
CDC Warns of Potentially Fatal Bacterial Illness on U.S. Gulf Coast
Three cases of melioidosis, a potentially deadly disease caused by infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei, have been reported along the U.S. Gulf Coast
Another Death, More Cases of Vision Loss Linked to Tainted Eye Drops
In all, four people have died, with one new death now being reported by the CDC
FDA Approves First Pill for Fecal Transplant Therapy
Vowst is approved to prevent recurrence of C. difficile; pill contains live gut bacteria from stool samples donated by healthy people
High-Dose VE303 Prevents Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection
CDI recurrence rates were significantly lower with high-dose VE303 bacterial consortium versus placebo
FDA Finds Contamination Issues at Eye Drops Plant
U.S. regulators discovered long list of sanitation problems at factory in India that made eye drops linked to outbreak of serious eye infections
Vibrio Vulnificus Infections Expanding Their Range
V. vulnificus infections may be present in every Eastern U.S. State by 2081 to 2100 under medium-to-high future emissions and warming
H. Pylori Infection Negatively Modifies Genetically Increased Risk for Gastric Cancer
Interaction identified between H. pylori infection and pathogenic variants in homologous-recombination genes
Florida Man Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection
Health officials continue to investigate the cause of the Naegleria fowleri infection
