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Best cure for stomach troubles-- which probiotics work and why
By Jessica Snyder Sachs | March 10, 2009 Michelle Klawiter was nine days into a course of antibiotics for a sinus infection when the gut pain hit. Bloody diarrhea quickly followed. The 42-year-old secretary and mother of three in Chandler, Arizona, had developed a nasty intestinal infection, the kind that sometimes occurs when antibiotics kill your body's good bacteria along with the bad and lower your defenses to other invaders. Doctors prescribed a series of increasingly potent antibiotics to try to knock out the new bad bug, Clostridium difficile (C. diff) HEALTH

Mystery cough? 8 possible culprits

By Ray Hainer | June 19, 2009 You've been coughing for weeks. How do you know if it's just a hard-to-shake cold or something more serious? A chronic cough, defined as lasting more than eight weeks, is not uncommon. Up to 40 percent of nonsmokers in the United States and Europe have reported a chronic cough at some point, and coughing is one of the five most common reasons for a doctor's visit. Only a doctor can tell for sure what's behind your endless hacking. However, in a 2006 study of women with an average age of 48 who had a cough lasting for six months, 39 percent were found to have asthma, 9 percent had chronic upper airway cough syndrome (commonly known as postnasal drip) HEALTH

Study links antibiotics, breast cancer

February 18, 2004 Increased use of antibiotics may heighten women's risk of breast cancer, a study looking at possible connections between the two suggests. Researchers found that women who took antibiotics for more than 500 days or who had more than 25 prescriptions in the course of a 17-year period more than doubled their risk of breast cancer compared with women who had not taken any antibiotics. The fewer the days on antibiotics resulted in a smaller risk, the authors wrote in the study appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. HEALTH

Study: Antibiotics often unnecessary but make patients happy

June 22, 2005 When people leave a doctor's office after being seen for a cough they feel better immediately if they are clutching a little piece of paper that a druggist will exchange for a bottle of antibiotics. The patient is happy, the druggist is happy, and the doctor has mixed feelings. What the doctor knows -- and most patients refuse to accept -- is that the antibiotics probably have no bearing on the course of the cough. The cough will get better at its own pace, antibiotics notwithstanding People don't like it when doctors nod their heads wisely and send them on their way. They want antibiotics, and if the doctor won't write a prescription the patient will find a doctor who will. WORLD

China to boost surveillance of superbug that resists antibiotics

By the CNN Wire Staff | September 9, 2010 China's capital will step up surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in response to a superbug that first emerged in South Asia and is spreading globally, state media said. The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau will create a network to monitor major medical institutions by year's end, the China Daily newspaper reported. Cases of the NDM-1 superbug, as it's commonly known, have been reported in countries such as Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States. US

Anthrax antibiotics pre-position plan needed, says report

By Jim Barnett, CNN Senior Producer | September 30, 2011 Public health officials on a state and local level should determine where and how antibiotics for anthrax should be stored in their communities in the event of a large-scale anthrax attack, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The report, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, recommends research to provide stronger evidence for where best to pre-position supplies. Ever since the 2001 anthrax attack, questions have been raised about developing plans to deliver medicine quickly to those who might be exposed. US

New study says link may exist between antibiotics and breast cancer
February 17, 2004 From "Wolf Blitzer Reports" correspondent Jennifer Coggiola: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Among the known high-risks associated with breast cancer -- hormone replacement therapy, family history, and alcohol abuse -- a new possible red flag for women has emerged. When a new study on antibiotics and the risk associated with breast cancer came out this week, Joan Dressler, who's been taking antibiotics for more than three decades, had some questions for her doctor. "When he shared the news, I of course thought of myself and my future and looked backwards and said, 'Oh my goodness I've been doing this for 30 years,' and I'm not sure exactly what that means. HEALTH

Five ways to avoid medication mistakes

By Elizabeth Cohen CNN | November 29, 2007 When Dr. Albert Wu's wife, Diana Sugg, was pregnant with their first child, Sugg developed hepatitis and meningitis and was hospitalized. One evening while Wu was at the hospital taking care of his feverish wife, a nurse came in the room to give Sugg her antibiotics. Wu knew immediately that something was wrong. The nurse's antibiotics were pills. He remembered that just a short time before, another nurse had given his wife the exact same antibiotics, but intravenously. He feared his wife was about to get two doses of the same medicine. HEALTH

Priobiotics Beneficial bacteria

February 17, 2000 Curds is an old word for yogurt, and evidence is mounting that some of the bacteria contained in yogurt can prevent and treat diarrhea. They may also ease other ailments of the intestinal tract, and some researchers now advocate using these beneficial bacteria probiotics as medicine.;Theyre not as tried and true as Pepto Bismol, says Gary Elmer, Ph.D., a professor of medical chemistry at the University of Washington. But probiotics are worth a try.; The digestive tract is home to more than 400 species of bacteria. WORLD

5 die in possible Scottish E.coli outbreak

November 27, 1996 The cause of the deaths has not been confirmed, but are suggestive of E. coli 0157, said a spokesman for the Lanarkshire Health Board. The deadly bacteria causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea.;Meat sold by a butchers shop in Wishaw may have been the source of the illness, health officials said. Meat from the shop also may have been distributed to food stores, and officials issued a Food Hazard Warning throughout Scotland.Related storiesJapan declares E. coli outbreak an epidemic August 1, 1996Japan tries antibiotics in baffling E. coli outbreak July 29, 1996Japan seeks US advice concerning food poisoning July 26, 1996 Related sitesCDC Preventing foodborne illness Escherichia coliInternational Food Information Council Answering your questions on E. coliWorld Health Organization emerging foodborne diseasesTell us what you thinkYou said it...

Anthrax antibiotics pre-position plan needed, says report

By Jim Barnett, CNN Senior Producer | September 30, 2011 Public health officials on a state and local level should determine where and how antibiotics for anthrax should be stored in their communities in the event of a large-scale anthrax attack, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The report, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, recommends research to provide stronger evidence for where best to pre-position supplies. Ever since the 2001 anthrax attack, questions have been raised about developing plans to deliver medicine quickly to those who might be exposed. Advertisement WORLD

China to boost surveillance of superbug that resists antibiotics

By the CNN Wire Staff | September 9, 2010 China's capital will step up surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in response to a superbug that first emerged in South Asia and is spreading globally, state media said. The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau will create a network to monitor major medical institutions by year's end, the China Daily newspaper reported. Cases of the NDM-1 superbug, as it's commonly known, have been reported in countries such as Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States. WORLD

Doctor in Haiti: Wounded children calling for missing parents

By Arthur Brice, CNN | January 20, 2010 Pediatrician Elizabeth Bellino was supposed to start work in Africa this week. Instead, she found herself trying to save lives Wednesday at a field hospital in Haiti's capital. She wishes she had more painkillers and antibiotics, and she wishes some parents would do what's best for their children. "We're seeing a lot of kids getting amputated," Bellino said. "We've also seen a lot of refusals from parents, and they left. "So those kids will probably die." She'd seen three cases of parents walking out with their children in the past 24 hours, Bellino said late Wednesday afternoon. HEALTH

Disinfectants could give rise to antibiotic-resistant superbugs

By Mark Tutton, for CNN | December 30, 2009 A new study has provided more evidence that using common disinfectants could promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Antibiotic resistance is considered a major health issue. Overuse of antibiotics is known to give rise to antibiotic resistance, but disinfectants could produce the same effect, according to research by the National University of Ireland, published in the January 2010 issue of the journal "Microbiology. " Researchers grew a bacteria associated with hospital-acquired infections in the presence of a common disinfectant and found that the bacteria became 12 times less susceptible to the disinfectant. HEALTH

Best cure for stomach troubles-- which probiotics work and why
By Jessica Snyder Sachs | March 10, 2009 Michelle Klawiter was nine days into a course of antibiotics for a sinus infection when the gut pain hit. Bloody diarrhea quickly followed. The 42-year-old secretary and mother of three in Chandler, Arizona, had developed a nasty intestinal infection, the kind that sometimes occurs when antibiotics kill your body's good bacteria along with the bad and lower your defenses to other invaders. Doctors prescribed a series of increasingly potent antibiotics to try to knock out the new bad bug, Clostridium difficile (C. diff) HEALTH

Antibiotic-resistant infections among children on the rise

By Judy Fortin CNN Medical Correspondent | March 2, 2009

It was 10 a.m. on a recent weekday and the emergency room at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, was quiet, except for a little boy crying in room 45. Two-year-old Talan Williamson was battling a painful staph infection. It's not just any infection, but the kind that most parents dread: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. "I'm scared," said his mother, Trisha Williamson, 24, of Cartersville, Georgia. "I'm scared and frustrated. I want answers to why we cannot get rid of it. " Doctors claim they are seeing more and more cases of MRSA in children. HEALTH

FDA orders 'black box' label on some antibiotics

July 8, 2008 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday ordered the makers of certain antibiotics to add a "black box" label warning -- the FDA's strongest -- to alert patients of possible tendon ruptures and tendonitis. "The new language will strengthen the existing warnings," said Dr. Edward Cox, director of the FDA's Office of Antimicrobial Products. The FDA is requiring the label warnings and a medication guide for fluoroquinolone drugs, which include Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, Noroxin and Floxin. HEALTH

Five ways to avoid medication mistakes

By Elizabeth Cohen CNN | November 29, 2007 When Dr. Albert Wu's wife, Diana Sugg, was pregnant with their first child, Sugg developed hepatitis and meningitis and was hospitalized. One evening while Wu was at the hospital taking care of his feverish wife, a nurse came in the room to give Sugg her antibiotics. Wu knew immediately that something was wrong. The nurse's antibiotics were pills. He remembered that just a short time before, another nurse had given his wife the exact same antibiotics, but intravenously. He feared his wife was about to get two doses of the same medicine. POLITICS

Ford hospitalized with pneumonia

January 17, 2006 Former President Ford is being treated for pneumonia, two days after being admitted to a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, his office said Monday. "He is doing well and resting comfortably," said Penny Circle, Ford's chief of staff. The 92-year-old former president was admitted to Eisenhower Medical Center on Saturday and has been receiving intravenous antibiotics, Circle said. Ford was hospitalized briefly in December for unspecified tests, but his spokeswoman said at the time that the former president was in good health for his age. He also was hospitalized in 2003 after suffering a dizzy spell while playing golf in 96-degree heat. HEALTH

Study: Antibiotics often unnecessary but make patients happy

June 22, 2005 When people leave a doctor's office after being seen for a cough they feel better immediately if they are clutching a little piece of paper that a druggist will exchange for a bottle of antibiotics. The patient is happy, the

druggist is happy, and the doctor has mixed feelings. What the doctor knows -- and most patients refuse to accept -- is that the antibiotics probably have no bearing on the course of the cough. The cough will get better at its own pace, antibiotics notwithstanding People don't like it when doctors nod their heads wisely and send them on their way. They want antibiotics, and if the doctor won't write a prescription the patient will find a doctor who will. HEALTH

Researchers: Early detection key in halting anthrax outbreak

December 15, 2004 Researchers at Johns Hopkins University said Wednesday that early detection -- and not a pre-exposure vaccination -- is the key to limiting an outbreak of anthrax. Ron Brookmeyer, Elizabeth Johnson and Robert Bollinger published their results in the journal Nature, saying that delivering antibiotics within six days of exposure can prevent up to 70 percent of cases of the disease. But, the researchers said, at least 63 percent of those exposed must have been vaccinated and quickly receive a full regimen of antibiotics to reach a prevention rate of 90 percent. HEALTH

Study links antibiotics, breast cancer

February 18, 2004 Increased use of antibiotics may heighten women's risk of breast cancer, a study looking at possible connections between the two suggests. Researchers found that women who took antibiotics for more than 500 days or who had more than 25 prescriptions in the course of a 17-year period more than doubled their risk of breast cancer compared with women who had not taken any antibiotics. The fewer the days on antibiotics resulted in a smaller risk, the authors wrote in the study appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. US

New study says link may exist between antibiotics and breast cancer
February 17, 2004 From "Wolf Blitzer Reports" correspondent Jennifer Coggiola: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Among the known high-risks associated with breast cancer -- hormone replacement therapy, family history, and alcohol abuse -- a new possible red flag for women has emerged. When a new study on antibiotics and the risk associated with breast cancer came out this week, Joan Dressler, who's been taking antibiotics for more than three decades, had some questions for her doctor. "When he shared the news, I of course thought of myself and my future and looked backwards and said, 'Oh my goodness I've been doing this for 30 years,' and I'm not sure exactly what that means. HEALTH

Antibiotics effective against plague

January 15, 2003 Cases of the plague are still reported, if infrequently, in the United States and most are treatable with modern antibiotics. Bubonic plague is a bacterial disease, named Yersinia pestis, found in rodents and is transmitted to humans through the bites of infected fleas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pneumonic plague, a more serious form of the disease, occurs when plague bacteria are inhaled after direct contact with infected animals, including rodents, wildlife and pets. HEALTH

Christy Feig: New Antibiotic Guidelines

March 20, 2001 Q: Why is the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine recommending that antibiotics not be used for common respiratory tract infections? FEIG: The big problem here is antibiotic resistance. It's a growing problem, especially in some upper respiratory infections, and it's caused by using antibiotics when they aren't necessary, as is often the case with upper respiratory infections. Q: Why is there such concern about antibiotic resistance? FEIG: Antibiotics are very powerful drugs and they are very good for the most part for stopping bacterial infections. HEALTH

Doctors' group issues guidelines on antibiotics

March 19, 2001 Antibiotics are not needed for treatment of most upper respiratory infections, such as sore throats, bronchitis, and most sinus infections, according to guidelines published Monday by a doctors' group. They were released by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. The internists' group said such infections are usually caused not by bacteria but by viruses, against which antibiotics are ineffective. "Doctors have always been taught that if you have yellow or green nasal secretions, you need an antibiotic, but that's not the case," said Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, president of the society. HEALTH

Antibiotic resistance a growing threat, WHO reports

June 12, 2000 Sore throats and ear infections, ailments once easily treatable, may soon become immune to antibiotics, as malaria and tuberculosis have become in some countries, officials of the World Health Organization said Monday. WHO's annual report on infectious diseases, "Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance," paints a comprehensive picture of the dwindling effect penicillin and other antibiotics have in fighting once simple bacterial infections. People throughout the world "may only have a decade or two to make use of many of the medicines presently available to stop infectious diseases," said Dr. David Heymann, executive director of WHO's program on communicable diseases. HEALTH

New miracle antibiotic But for how long

April 19, 2000 The new drug, Zyvox, is not a cureall it attacks only certain forms of bacteria but in tests it cured two thirds of the patients with strains of staph that are immune to the strongest antibiotics currently available. But although there is hope that Zyvox can put a halt to the mutation process by blocking growth much earlier in the bacterias life cycle, it works in a different way than its predecessors medical experts are taking the news with a grain of salt. The truth is we dont know wholl win the race, says TIME science reporter Janice Horowitz. HEALTH

Study Antibiotics often wrong treatment for sore throat

March 7, 1997 From Correspondent Al Hinman ;ATLANTA CNN Spring is around the corner with its promise of warmth, sun and respite from the cold season and sore throats.;Unfortunately, a new season doesnt mean an automatic end to colds, and people will still be seeking cold relief for months to come.;Will you be one of them If you go to your doctor for help, what you ask for can make a difference.;Nina Matthews, for example, has been fighting a sore throat and clogged sinuses for about two weeks.

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Now probiotic drugs sold over counter

August 20, 2011 | Jayashree Nandi , TNN BANGALORE: Kill your diarrhoea with good bacteria. That's the latest fad in healthcare. Almost every pharmaceutical company now has a brand of probiotic drug and some are even being commercially marketed off the counter. Probiotics are foods that contain live bacteria. It is the bacteria and metabolites which they produce that give probiotics their health-promoting properties. The best known example is yogurt. While some doctors are excited about chances of treating even severe intestinal... INDIA

In a first, antibiotics bar on food-producing animals

April 6, 2012 | Kounteya Sinha , TNN NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry has, for the first time, quantified a timeframe for which "foodproducing animals" or marine products have to be kept off antibiotics before they enter the human food chain. The insertion to Rule 37 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1945, which came into force from January 17, the withdrawal period "shall be less than seven days for egg and milk, 28 days for meat from poultry and mammals, including fat and offal, before they enter the human food. INDIA

In a first, antibiotics bar on food-producing animals

April 6, 2012 | Kounteya Sinha , TNN NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry has, for the first time, quantified a timeframe for which "foodproducing animals" or marine products have to be kept off antibiotics before they enter the human food chain. The insertion to Rule 37 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1945, which came into force from January 17, the withdrawal period "shall be less than seven days for egg and milk, 28 days for meat from poultry and mammals, including fat and offal, before they enter the human food... INDIA

Antibiotics in most honey brands: Study

September 16, 2010 | TNN NEW DELHI: If you have been giving your kids honey bought from the market in the hope that it will help boost immunity and fight bacterial infections, this could come as a shock. According to a study carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment , most honey brands being sold in the country contain varying amounts of antibiotics and their consumption over time could induce resistance to antibiotics, lead to blood-related disorders and injury to the... HEALTH

Antibiotics wont help most sinus infections

March 22, 2012 | ANI New guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) have suggested that most sinus infections are caused by viruses and should not be treated with antibiotics. It also warned that antibiotics, used inappropriately, could foster the development of drug-resistant superbugs. Although sinus infections are the fifth leading reason for antibiotic prescriptions, 90 to 98 percent of cases are caused by viruses, which are not affected by antibiotics. HEALTH

Dont take pills on your own

March 17, 2012 | Lisa Antao Taking antibiotics on a self-prescription basis can be dangerous, experts tell Lisa Antao Most of us lead busy lives today and sometimes, busy to such an extent that we don't find the time to visit a doctor. So whether we are having a fever, bad cold or sore throat, sometimes we resort to taking antibiotics to compensate our lack of time to visit the doc. But little do we know that doing so on a self-medication basis can be harmful. Read on to find out why... What are they?

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Manufacturing antibiotics is not profitable: Doctor

July 18, 2011 | TNN

JAIPUR: A doctor says for drug manufactures, it is more profitable to deal in medicines for diseases like blood pressure and diabetes. It is because manufacturers are not keen on doing new researches for new antibiotics, he claims. "Patients of diseases like blood pressure and diabetes will have to the same drugs more or less throughout their lives as there is less need for new research," he says. A manufacture has to spend crores of rupees to produce antibiotics frequently as... JAIPUR

'Misuse of antibiotics, a dangerous trend'

July 18, 2011 | TNN JAIPUR: Misuse of antibiotics has become a dangerous trend and doctors have stressed the need to put a check on this practice to prevent outbreak of drug-resistant and fatal diseases caused by seemingly harmless microbes but mutated with the "excessive and unnecessary" use of the medicine. More than 100 doctors from various parts of the state and Mumbai who took part in a conference in the city on Sunday voiced their concern on the sale of antibiotics over the... SCIENCE

Phage therapy: An alternative to antibiotics

December 9, 2001 | PTI new delhi: a 100-year-old observation by a british scientist - that the ganges water possessed astonishing antibacterial properties - has proved inspiration for gangagen biotech, a startup biotech company in bangalore. company president j ramachandran announced that his firm would exploit that observation to develop a therapy that is alternative to antibiotics, which are increasingly becoming useless in treating bacterial diseases due to development of drug resistance. in 1896, british... INDIA

No antibiotics permitted in honey: Govt

October 3, 2010 | Rupali Mukherjee , TNN MUMBAI: This may put to rest doubts on whether the honey on your kitchen shelf is natural and pure. The government has issued an advisory saying that no antibiotics and pesticide residues are allowed in honey. This comes in the wake of a recent study which found most honey brands to be contaminated with antibiotics, with most manufacturers claiming that it was a grey area and that there were no strict standards to follow. While specifying the standards for honey, food regulator Food... DELHI

Safdarjung Hospital short of antibiotics

June 17, 2004 NEW DELHI: Safdarjung Hospital is running short of essential antibiotics, which are broad-spectrum in nature. Augmentin, reportedly the sole antibiotic available in the hospital, cannot be prescribed for post-operative patients or in serious cases like those of septicaemia, say senior hospital doctors. Even common diseases like

pneumonia, typhoid and lung infections cannot be treated without these essential drugs. Thus patients are forced to buy these... SCIENCE

Age of safe medicine is ending, says WHO chief

March 17, 2012 The world is entering an era where injuries as common as a child's scratched knee could kill, where patients entering hospital gamble with their lives and where routine operations such as a hip replacement become too dangerous to carry out, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. There is a global crisis in antibiotics caused by rapidly evolving resistance among microbes responsible for common infections that threatens to turn them into untreatable diseases, said... HEALTH

Spoonful of sugar makes infections go down

February 25, 2012 | IANS Just a spoonful of sugar can impart that killing edge to antibiotics against infections. Researchers found that glucose and fructose -- types of sugar found in plants -- make deadly bugs behind chronic infections more vulnerable to drugs. Sugar can improve the effectiveness of antibiotics against infections, say researchers. Such infections often occur when bacteria 'shut down', making antibiotics ineffective against them, reports the journal Nature . Over time, the... CHENNAI

Spurt in conjunctivitis cases in Chennai

February 21, 2012 | TNN CHENNAI: It's not the season for the pink-eye disease, but many doctors in the city report a spurt in conjunctivitis cases. Ophthalmologists are finding the infection resistant to most commonly-used antibiotics. Conjunctivitis, which usually occurs during the monsoon, can be caused by allergies, viruses or bacteria. The Government Ophthalmic Hospital reports at least six new cases every day. "Usually we see cases of conjunctivitis after the rains. It's unusual this time of the year. HEALTH

Zinc-antibiotic saves kids with pneumonia

February 18, 2012 | IANS Respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, are the biggest killers of children under five years old. But standard antibiotic therapy, given to children with zinc, improved their chances of surviving the infection and was more pronounced in case of HIV-infected children, a study reveals. In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 350 children, aged six months to five-years-old, were treated with standard antibiotic therapy at Mulago Hospital, Uganda. INDIA

Rare genetic fusion caused superbug NDM1, study finds

February 11, 2012 | Kounteya Sinha & Durgesh Nandan Jha , TNN NEW DELHI: A "highly rare genetic fusion" between two previously-known antibiotic-resistant genes gave birth to the dangerous Indian superbug metallo-beta-lactamase, NDM1. This fusion also gave NDM1 the power to easily jump between various species of bacteria at superfast speed and consequently making them drug resistant too. British scientists, who first reported the NDM1 last year, has now found through genetic DNA studies that NDM1 - by jumping between bacteria...

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Concern at misuse of antibiotics

April 7, 2011 | TNN PATNA: "As a result of irrational use of antibiotic drugs in the last few decades, infections are no longer easily cured, leading to prolonged and expensive treatment and greater risk of death," said Hemant Shukla , regional team leader of the World Health Organisation (WHO), here on Thursday on the occasion of World Health Day . Speaking at an awareness programme organised by the department of medicine, Patna Medical College, on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) SCIENCE

Antibiotics interfere teeth infection

January 9, 2003 | PTI As researchers identify the signals bacteria use to build and maintain biofilms, their biotechnology colleagues are following right behind, trying to develop new antibiotics that interfere with bacterial communication. Microbiologists first realised the importance of biofilms about a decade ago, when Costerton and several colleagues began using a new kind of microscope to look at slimy masses of bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which clogs the lungs of cystic fibros is patients. PUNE

Bitten by mites, four scrub typhus fever cases in city

February 2, 2012 | Umesh Isalkar , TNN PUNE: Four persons with fever, a rash over the body and muscle pain that refused to respond to routine antibiotics, were treated at three hospitals in the city a month ago. One of the patients had a black scar, like a cigarette burn, on his thigh. A blood test diagnosed them with scrub typhus fever,a type of mite-borne (rickettsial) infectious disease. Doctors said that one or two cases of rickettsial infections crop up in the city every month. Also known as 'tsutsugamushi... DELHI

Fungal super-infections turn killer in burns cases

January 31, 2012 | Durgesh Nandan Jha , TNN NEW DELHI: Fungal infections have been found to be a significant cause of death in burns cases, a new study has revealed. Ironically, these infections result from the use of powerful third-generation antibiotics that destroy all bacteria while allowing fungi present in the environment and the gastrointestinal tract to grow unchecked. A study by doctors at Safdarjung Hospital, published in the medical journal 'Burns', shows 12 out of 100 burn injury patients...