Deadly hospital infections soar eight-fold in a decade
The rise of hospital infections: 1,000 new cases ‘of MRSA and other bugs are being recorded each week’ amid an
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Researchers find gene that makes some susceptible to middle ear infections
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found multiple genetic variants within the FUT2 gene that makes
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Study traces hospital-acquired bloodstream infections to patients’ own bodies
The most common source of a bloodstream infection acquired during a hospital stay is not a nurse’s or doctor’s dirty
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Providers often fail to consider Ehrlichia when treating tick-borne infections
When a patient presents with signs and symptoms suspicious for a tick-borne illness, medical providers in central North Carolina regularly
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Quick and easy test for viral infections reduces hospital admissions and antibiotic use
A quick and easy test for viral infections can reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and hospital admissions, according to new research
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Deaths caused by drug-resistant infections are ‘hidden by the NHS’
NHS is ‘hiding’ deaths caused by drug-resistant infections, Chief Medical Officer warns NHS is hiding the true scale of deaths
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