News tagged with fungal meningitis
Antibiotic progress for disease that causes half a million deaths a year
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are making progress in their quest to find an improved antibiotic for a strain of meningitis that results in over half a million deaths a year worldwide. The fungal disease Cryptococcal ...
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Breast cancer drug shows promise against serious infections
An FDA-approved drug used for preventing recurrence of breast cancer shows promise in fighting life-threatening fungal infections common in immune-compromised patients, such as infants born prematurely and patients with cancer. ...
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Predicting fatal fungal infections
In a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified cells in blood that predict which HIV-positive indivi ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 16, 2009 |
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