Septicemia

Blood poison tragedy of little Precious

icnetwork.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

Jul 25 2008 by Helen Hunt, Liverpool Echo A MOTHER was told her child died of the bug that causes meningitis, at an inquest. Elizabeth Langa yesterday heard nine-year-old Precious’s life was taken by meningococcal septicaemia,...                

U.S. Clinicians Indicate a Strong Need for New Tools to Combat Sepsis

prnewswire.com     yesterday   1 related          

U.S. Clinicians Indicate a Strong Need for New Tools to Combat Sepsis Survey shows hospital physicians, pulmonary and critical care clinicians, and researchers also concerned about overuse of antibiotics DURHAM, N.C., July 24...                

Pre-existing renal disease promotes sepsis-induced acute kidney injury and worsens outcome.

biowizard.com     Jul 23, 2008          

1National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. While it is known that risk of death from sepsis is higher in patients with pre-existing chronic kidney...                

Scientists figure out how the immune system and brain communicate to control disease

brightsurf.com     Jul 22, 2008   13 related          

In a major step in understanding how the nervous system and the immune system interact, scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have identified a new anatomical path through which the brain and the spleen...                

Sagent Pharma launches ceftriaxone & cefuroxime injection

pharmiweb.co.uk     Jul 18, 2008   3 related          

Illinois Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company, has launched both ceftriaxone for injection, USP, and cefuroxime for injection, USP, two broad spectrum antibiotics for parenteral...                

The case for vaccination

news.com.au     Jul 18, 2008   4 related          

MERYL Dorey (Letters, 15/7) asserts that better hygiene and sanitation, not vaccines, have reduced the number and severity of measles infections. However, close examination of recent cases shows that vaccination is doing its...                

Activated protein C from bench to bedside

doctorrw.blogspot.com     Jul 17, 2008   1 related          

Early this year the Surviving Sepsis Campaign downgraded its recommendation for activated protein C based on new evidence. I blogged it here. At about that time the journal Critical Care published a supplement containing a...                

Teen dies 2 days after toothache

metro.co.uk     Jul 15, 2008   2 related          

Danny Hugill was killed by a particularly aggressive form of septicaemia A teenager has died just two days after complaining of toothache. Danny Hugill was killed by a particularly aggressive form of septicaemia – blood...                

Low Serum Mannose-Binding Lectin Level Increases the Risk of Death due to Pneumococcal Infection.

biowizard.com     Jul 12, 2008          

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jul 8; Eisen DP, Dean MM, Boermeester MA, Fidler KJ, Gordon AC, Kronborg G, Kun JF, Lau YL, Payeras A, Valdimarsson H, Brett SJ, Ip WK, Mila J, Peters MJ, Saevarsdottir S, Till JW, Hinds CJ, McBryde ES                

British Toddler, Double Amputee Gets Custom Artificial Legs, Thanks to American Company

prweb.com     Jul 12, 2008   2 related          

Harvey Parry a 2 ½ year old, double amputee from Northern London received two new above knee prostheses from A Step Ahead Prosthetics after he was unable to get appropriate prosthetic legs in England. When Harvey was 15 months...                

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