Background Healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) remain a high priority patient ...

New Mexico has the highest rate of Clostridium difficile infections for the second year, while Nevada has the lowest, federal data shows. The measures, developed by the CDC and collected through ...

Tea tree oil might also help kill lice and their eggs. Fungal nail infections are getting harder to clear up because many fungi are resistant to the medicines that treat them. In studies ...

Mild Clostridium difficile infection (CDI; stool frequency <four-times daily; no signs of severe colitis), clearly induced by the use of antibiotics, may be treated by stopping the inducing ...

She led CDC activities to detect and prevent infections in healthcare settings, like C. diff, and promote healthcare safety in the United States and worldwide. Before her tenure at the CDC ...

Further, we found that IL-25 pre-treatment at 2 weeks old mouse enabled tuft cells to acquire immune memory. This was evidenced by the rapid expansion and stronger response of IL-25-trained tuft cells ...

35–49 years old 0.98 (0.74, 1.31) 0.84 (0.61, 1.14) 0.82 (0.49, 1.38) 1.49 (0.96, 2.33) 50–64 years old 1.27 (0.97, 1.65) 1.34 (1.00, 1.78) 0.84 (0.53, 1.33) 1.92 (1.19, 3.11) 65 years old or ...

Department of Infectious Diseases, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China Background: Research on the effects of intestinal microbiota transplantation (IMT) on chronic ...

The color of phlegm can help identify certain health issues, such as infections or problems affecting the lungs. This article looks at what clear, bubbly phlegm may mean, as well as other colors ...