septicemia

Myth Of Childhood Vaccinations Linked To Increased Hospitalization Busted

...ry tract infection, viral and bacterial pneumonia, septicemia (an infection of the blood stream), viral central nervous system infection, bacterial meningitis, and diarrhea. The researchers found that of 42 possible associations (6 vaccines and 7 infectious disease categories), the only adverse association was...

Meningitis is rocking the capital again

...ition, more than 20 % of the cases can progress to septicemia that can result in death within a short span of 12-24 hous....

Streptococcus Bacterium Enzyme Identified

...for causing Toxic shock syndrome, rheumatic fever, septicemia and necrotizing faciitis. Black has published the results of his work in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Professor Black feels that the enzyme is responsible for causing deadly diseases in humans and it can be controlle...

Pneumococcal Vaccine: Childhood Immunization Programme has a new recruit

...ause health complications, as grave as meningitis, septicemia (blood poisoning) and pneumonia. Almost 50 young lives under age 2 are lost to pneumococcal infections in England and Wales every year. Sir Liam Donaldson said: "Pneumococcal infection can cause very serious illness such as meningitis and pneumonia a...

'Elephant Man' Returns Home

...s and bodies started swelling. Mr Wilson caught septicemia and pneumonia, and was in a three-week coma. Mr Wilson's aunt, Dolores Flanagan, said: ‘He is putting a brave face on it but he will never be able to achieve his dream of being a plumber now or play his beloved football. He will be in a wheelchair ...

Babies under two years of age to be administered Meningitis vaccination

...the children. Nearly 700 cases of meningitis and septicemia have been reported in Scotland during the past five years, and nearly 69 of them happen to be children less than two years of age....

Black-white Life Expectancy Gap Reduces, Yet Remains Significant

...mortality trends in nephritis [kidney disease] and septicemia [bloodstream infection] are currently contributing to widening the gap," the authors write. The authors emphasize that further narrowing of the gap will require concerted efforts to address the major causes of the remaining gap. "Reducing soci...

Eritrea Bans Female Circumcision

...ed. Some girls die as a result of hemorrhaging, septicemia and shock. It can also lead to long-term urinary and reproductive problems. However, girls who have not been circumcised are considered 'unclean' in many cultures, and can be treated as harlots by other women. Many men believe the folklore whic...