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candida rash :: Article Creator Killer Fungi Detectives: Inside The Lab That May Be Fighting The Next Pandemic The first tray of yellow-lidded specimen jars holds chunks of flesh – lung, perhaps, or muscle – some cerebrospinal fluid and another liquid, possibly from a brain abscess. The second holds a rainbow of colourful fungi, cultivated from those specimens. One growth is green and fluffy, like something you would find in a sharehouse fridge – penicillium, maybe. Another is a dark grey or brown, like animal fur. There are bright white fuzzballs and blackish blobs. One growth leaches red into the medium it sits in. Fungal pathogens come from all over Australia to this Adelaide laboratory, the National Mycological Reference Centre, for identification. Mycologists are on the lookout for new pathogens, which are starting to spread more because of climate change, and which can be deadly in the absence of effective antifungal drugs. They work u...

treatment of typhoid fever :: Article Creator Gatifloxacin – Very Effective For Typhoid Treatment Nepalese researchers identify cost-effective treatment for drug-resistant typhoid. Researchers has shown that a new and affordable drug, Gatifloxacin, may be more effective at treating typhoid fever than the drug currently recommended by the World Health Organisation. Enteric fever, of which typhoid fever is the most common form, is a major disease affecting the developing world, where sanitary conditions remain poor. The best global estimates are of at least 22 million cases of typhoid fever each year with 200,000 deaths. Drug resistance is becoming a major problem and treatment is becoming increasingly difficult, leading to patients taking longer to recover, suffering more complications and continuing to spread the disease to their family and to their community. Clinical investigators based at Patan Hospital Lalitpur in Kathmandu, Nepal, and the ...

mantoux tuberculin skin test :: Article Creator The Test That Targets TB A revolutionary tuberculosis test piloted at a British school could help prevent future outbreaks and raise hopes of wiping out the scourge of TB, say researchers. The test enables doctors reliably to identify people who are infected long before they develop symptoms and become infectious. At present, they still have to rely on a crude "skin prick" test that has been in use for 100 years and often gives misleading results. TB causes more deaths worldwide than any other infectious disease - between two and three million people each year. In England and Wales alone, a total of 6,669 tuberculosis cases were reported in 2001, an increase of 6 per cent on the previous year. New drug resistant strains of the bacterium are emerging in the worst hit areas, such as south east Asia and eastern Europe. A major obstacle to controlling the disease is the lack of a reliable diagnost...

cystitis in men :: Article Creator Risk Factors Of Cystitis As Sex Triggers 60% Of Recurrent UTIs Sex-induced cystitis accounts for 60% of UTIs. (Getty Images) It's Valentine's Day today and many couple will be looking to take advantage of the romance and ramp up the intimacy. But a medical expert has warned of an additional risk that could come with a rise in sexy time this February 14 - cystitis. The NHS says cystitis is a urinary tract infection (UTI) which affects the bladder. While it is a common condition, especially in women, symptoms of cystitis can be debilitating and go from bad to worse in a short span of time. The main symptoms include pain or a burning sensation when you urinate, as well as feeling the urge to pee more often and urgently than usual. Patients may also see that their pee is dark, cloudy or strong-smelling, and may experience pain low down in their tummy. While, cystitis often "gets better by itself...

oral antibiotics :: Article Creator CARB-X Awards $1.2 Million For Developing Oral Antibiotics For Resistant Infections Daniel Lobo / Flickr cc Maternal syphilis rates in the United States tripled from 2016 to 2022, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data published this week. During the 6-years analysis, maternal infections rose 222%, reaching 280.4 per 100,000 births in 2022. The increase was seen across all ages and ethnicities, but syphilis rates were highest in mothers who were American Indian and Alaska Native, younger than age 25, and had no prenatal care. Among American Indian and Alaska Natives, rates rose 783%, from 159.7 to 1,410.5 per 100,000 births in 2016 and 2022, respectively. South Dakota saw biggest jump in incidence In 2022, the state with the highest incidence was South Dakota (762.6 per 100,000 births), and the lowest incidence was in Maine (45.8 per 100,000 births). In addition to South Dakot...

nonbacterial prostatitis :: Article Creator Half Of US Males Affected By Prostatitis During Their Lifetimes Estimates have revealed that the number of males in the U.S. Who will experience Prostatitis during their lifetime has gone up to 50 pct, indicating that the infection has become one of the most common urologic diseases in the country. According to many urologic disease experts, around 5 to 10 pct American males are experiencing prostatitis at a particular time. Prostatitis is a prostate gland infection causing intense pain, urinary complications, sexual dysfunction, infertility, and a significant reduction in the quality of life. This infection is difficult to diagnose and has many unbearable side-effects. It also affects the lives of young and middle-aged men, unlike prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Prostatitis has been divided into a number of categories, but common variations of the disease include nonbacterial,...

tb contagious symptoms :: Article Creator The 7 Little-known Signs Of TB You Need To Know Amid 'resurgence' Of Nasty Victorian Disease DURING the winter months, it's pretty common to have a lingering cough or be struck down with the flu. But with the deadly Victorian disease tuberculosis (TB) seeing a resurgence in England, officials have urged Brits to be vigilant about its symptoms. 1 The deadly infectious disease TB has seen a recent resurgence in EnglandCredit: Getty TB is one of the most infectious killer diseases in human history and has started to surge globally for the first time in 20 years. Figures from the the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show that cases of the Victorian disease increased by over 10 per cent last year - from 4,380 in 2022 to 4,850 in 2023 . This worrying surge has left health chiefs scrambling to "investigate the reasons" behind it. TB is serious and can be fatal if untreated....