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Researchers find new method of microbial pathogen detection in patients wi
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
With the aid of the Wyss Institute's FcMBL broad-spectrum pathogen capture technology, researchers have redesigned the procedure for identifying microorganisms in blood samples from paediatric sepsis patients.
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Harmless group of bacteria linked to higher death rates in kidney patients
Updated : 3 months ago IST
New study indicates a harmless group of bacteria associated with higher death rates in kidney patients.
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Researchers suggest metals may help to fight fungal infections
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): More than one billion people get a fungal infection each year. Although most people are not affected by these infections, over 1.5 million people die as a result of them each year. While more and more fungal strains are being discovered that are resist
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Study suggests fungal intruder shrinks, develops to aid infection spread i
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): According to new research from the University of Utah Health, a fungus that is a major cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a remarkable change once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the brain.
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Curbing Candida: The cells that keep fungal infections at bay
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown defence mechanism employed by the immune system in fighting Candida infections.
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Candida control: The cells that ward off fungal infections
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Rehovot [Israel], July 13 (ANI): The yeast Candida is the most infamous of all the fungi that inhabit the human body. This distant relative of baker's yeast is well known for producing several different varieties of thrush, which can be quite bothersome, but it can also result in an invasive
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Glenmark launches 'Hello Skin' - India's first Whatsapp based chatbot to h
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 24 (ANI/PRNewswire): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Glenmark), an innovation-led global pharmaceutical company, has developed a digital patient education tool, 'Hello Skin' in collaboration with the IADVL (Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists
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Study finds single course of antibiotics affects infants' gut microbiota
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], May 2 (ANI): A recent study at the University of Helsinki revealed that the fungal microbiota in the gut is more abundant and diverse in children treated with antibiotics compared with the control group even six weeks following the start of the antibiotic course.
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Uttarakhand: 10 pc recovered patients need hospitalisation with post-COVID
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 8 (ANI): Amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, at least 10 per cent of people who recovered from the Coronavirus infection are being admitted to hospitals again in Dehradun due to post COVID complication like fungal infections and shortness of bre
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High Immunity, proper Hygiene key safeguards against all fungal infections
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of All India Institue of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi on Monday said that people with low immunity are the ones affected by mucormycosis (black fungus) adding that maintenance of hygiene is the major safeguard against fungal inf
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Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists, and Leprologists rec
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI/PNN): "As the 'red-faced' young girl entered my consulting chamber, my diagnosis was already done before she sat on the revolving stool meant for examining patients. As expected the redness on her face was accompanied by a growth of hair too. As anticipated, s
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IIT Hyderabad researchers develop oral tablets for treating leishmaniasis,
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): With an aim to treat fungal infections and leishmaniasis (kala-azar and black fever) prevalent in the country, researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad have developed a method to produce controlled-release oral tablets.
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