Lymph Nodes: Filter Stations for Lymph
Lymph nodes contain large amounts of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cells that attack microbes.
Category : Infectious Diseases : Health & Medical
How Stress Increases Your Risk of Disease
Can stress really increase your likelihood of getting sick? How does stress impact your immune system? Which infections are you more prone to getting when stressed? What can you do about it?
Cures for Rabies
Rabies has long been controlled by extensive vaccination protocols on a huge scale. Cases are quite rare, but when exposure does occur, it should be viewed as a serious medical emergency; failure to treat an exposure is often fatal. Treatment is available, however, and should be complied with fully.
Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
Since 1990, characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates by molecular methods has been useful in confirming suspected laboratory contamination and as an adjunct to epidemiology-based contact investigation.
Beware: Nursing Home Patients and Risk for MRSA
Nursing home patients have a high prevalence of MRSA -- if your hospital is only screening high-risk patients, be sure those from nursing homes are on the list!
Information about Peginterferon
Peginterferon is a powerful antiviral drug treatment for chronic hepatitis B and C. Here is information on side effects, costs, effectiveness and warnings.
Lessons from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreaks
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) originated in November 2002 in the Guangdong Province of China and, by February 2003, had spread to Hong Kong and subsequently to 32 other countries or regions, infecting approximately 8,459 patients and resulting in 800 deaths.
Advancing Research and Practice in HIV And Rehabilitation
The role for rehabilitation in the context of HIV, aging and comorbidities is emerging.
Adherence and Invasion of Pathogenic Escherichia coli
E. coli strains commonly cause intestinal disease, but due to their adherence and invasion properties, they also have the ability to cause extraintestinal diseases.
Hepatitis E Virus Infection in HIV-infected Persons
Is hepatitis E virus a cause of acute hepatitis among HIV-infected persons?
An Expert Interview With Russell W. Steele, MD
Most deaths occur during the acute phase, so appropriate and aggressive early management is critical for survival.
Uses for Bactrim DS
Bactrim DS is used to treat several different bacterial infections.pills and pill bottle image by Effie White from Fotolia.comBactrim DS is an antibiotic made from a combination of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole. This antibiotic is used to treat several different bacterial infections....
Fear of Bioterrorism and Implications for Public Health
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the discovery of human anthrax cases and exposures several weeks later on the East Coast, Illinois Department of Public Health's (IDPH) Division of Laboratories received environmental and human samples for analysis as part of suspected ...
New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase–Producing Enterobacteriaceae
In the past 10 years, there has been an emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, causing a major threat to public health. Which isolates have been detected in the United States?
Emergence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtypes
There has been a rapid emergence of new avian flu subtypes causing outbreaks in Asia, Europe and North America.
Newly Diagnosed Patients With HCV: Filling the Gap
New screening guidelines are expected to bring a surge in patients with HCV seeking care. Could ID specialists fill this need?
Absence of High-Level Vancomycin Resistance
High-level vancomycin resistance was not demonstrated in any enterococci isolated from 12 meat-processing plants.
Using Tea as a Candida Cure
Candida albicans is an infection that can seriously effect a person's overall health. There are various all-natural cures and solutions to this problem and using tea is one of the options available.
Escherichia coli O157 Exposure in Wyoming and Seattle
Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an important human pathogen.
Signs of Rabies in a Fox
Rabies is caused by a virus and infects the central nervous systems of mammals. Primarily a disease of animals, it is transmissible to humans. The occurrence of rabies in European foxes between 2002 and 2005 was 48 percent, while the occurrence in the United States for foxes during the...