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Anthrax Scare In Tamil Nadu State of India

...mals especially of cattle and sheep, caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax can also occasionally effect human population. Anthrax from animals- Humans can become infected with anthrax by handling products from infected animals or by breathing in anthrax spores from infected animal products (l...

Fresh warnings to doctors regarding abortion pill

...00. Three of the five deaths were caused by a rare bacterium Clostridium sordellii. One death occurred during t...ne in mid-2005. Three of the cases involved a rare bacterium known as Clostridium sordellii, Danco's statement said."Childbirth, menstruation and abortion, wheth...

Sepsis Death Reported With Mifepristone – FDA Issues Warnin

...er days gestation. Physicians have identified the bacterium Clostridium sordelli a common germ not usually associated with illness as the cause of two of the four deaths and suspect it as the cause of the other two deaths. Acting director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Steven Galson, sa...

Water Borne Diseases causing More Havoc in Mumbai

...foods or water that has been contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae. This disease has over the last century taken a great number of lives, killing millions of people since is emergence in 1800 - Calcutta India. After its first reported outbreak, there have been approximately a total of eight major cho...

"An Armour against pleasure, and a cobweb against infection" – Has the condom withstood the test of time

...n infectious disease. The infection is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhea. Gonorrhea is spread during sexual intercourse – vaginal, oral, and anal. Most often, gonorrhea is found in younger people (ages 15-30) who have multiple sex partners. Gonorrhea can also be spread from mother to child durin...

Watch out those of you planning for a predetermined Cesarean Section

... The research has been focused on a caries-causing bacterium that mothers with caries transmit to their newborns. Known as Streptococcus mutans, the bacterium grows on tooth surfaces and in crannies between teeth just above the gum line, where it multiplies a...

Helicobacter pylori Antibiotic Treatment of Peptic Ulcer May not Prevent Gastric lymphomas

...urnal of Pathology. Helicobacter pylori, a spiral bacterium of the stomach, infects more than half of the world's population. It is now widely accepted that, aside from gastritis and ulcers, H. pylori is also a causative agent of gastric lymphoma, specifically gastric B cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymp...

Hospital Infections Like MRSA Affect The New Arrivals More

...lished in the latest issue of BMJ// online. . The bacterium can infect many sites; one serious form of infection is that in which blood stream infection occurs (bacteremia). A UK national surveillance scheme counts MRSA bacteremia by hospital trust, but it has not yet addressed whether cases of MRSA bacteremi...

Nobel For Ulcer-Defying Aussie Scientists

...ed by them proved in 1982 that Helicobacter pylori bacterium was the main culprit behind the formation of ulcers. The prevailing view then was that these ulcers were caused by stress or due to high intake of Aspirin. Both these scientists from the Land of Oz refused to subscribe to this theory and set out to p...

Mom's Stomach Bacteria Can Cause Leukaemia In Children

A bacterium strain known as Helicobacter pylori may raise the risk of childhood leukaemia, according to a new study.// Two-thirds of the world population carries H. pylori, which is responsible for ulcers. Leukaemia accounts for 25 percent of all childhood can...

Legal Action against Authority Regarding Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Diseas

...rewood, 55. Legionnaires' disease is caused by a bacterium that most commonly spreads through air conditioning units. It is more common in summer and was first identified in 1976 at a Philadelphia hotel where the American Legion organisation was holding a meeting. Young people usually recover completely from...

Vision Loss in Elderly Caused By Combined Effect of Genes and Bacterium

...ding has been confirmed by the identification of a bacterium //called Chlamydia pneumoniae in the diseased tissue of the affected individuals. It is also notable that the microorganism is associated with chronic inflammation and heart disease. Researchers found C. pneumoniae in the diseased eye tissue of fiv...

Bacteria Evolve Armamentarium Against Antibiotics By ‘Stealing’ Gens

...e made by accident and then altered over time. The bacterium had genes in its metabolic network that it had pirated from near relatives, including those that enable it to defend itself against antibiotics. The researchers found that the bacteria do this by way of a process known as horizontal gene transfer, ...

Streptococcus Bacterium Enzyme Identified

...cus bacterium. // Streptococcus is a gram positive bacterium which is the main cause of sore throat and is also responsible 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 S...

Panic and probe due to mysterious deaths

...ection caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. The traces of listeria wer... much is an unanswerable question." The listeria bacterium is commonly found in raw food, but most people are immune to the infection. Dr Givney said pregnant ...

Genetic Code Of C.difficile Cracked

...tors will also be able to trace the changes in the bacterium which makes it stronger. ...

Rising Rates Of C.Difficile Infection Among Non-Hospitalized Patients

...d an elevated risk. The new potent strain of the bacterium is known for production of massive levels of toxic substances compared to the traditional ones. It has been held responsible for deadly outbreaks that have plagued hospitals in parts of Quebec over the few years. Appropriate techniques have to be tak...

PA-824 drug effective against Tuberculosis

...controlling tuberculosis, which is// caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Researchers have found...eins which is responsible to the resistance of the bacterium to the drug PA-824....

Tamiflu substrate produced from Bioengineered Bacteria

...s planning to use genetically bioengineered E.coli bacterium to produce shikimic acid by fermentation method. Fermentation procedures uses cheap carbohydrate source which will be used by the bioengineered E.coli as a substrate for production of high quality Shikimic acid....

Tobacco plant based Vaccine against Plague

...s. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmission mostly occurs by transmission of bacterium from rodent flea bite or handling of infected animal. Pneumonic plague can occur by inhaling infecte...

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