Host–microbiota interactions Commensal microbes and their multicellular eukaryotic hosts constitute a highly integrated system—termed the holobiont [1]—which undergoes dynamic changes through time as it integrates and responds to signals from the environment. Dwelling at the interface between host epithelia and the external environment, commensal microbes actively modulate development, nutrient absorption, and disease onset in the [...]
By News Desk on September 1, 2019 Scientists have looked at the infection process of E. coli to try and develop ways to interfere with it. Illness-causing E. coli bacteria launch infections by inducing intestinal cells to form tiny structures, called pedestals, which anchor the pathogens in place and help colonies grow. Experiments on enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic E. [...]
Abstract SCOPE: A gut-microbiota-dependent metabolite of L-carnitine, trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), has been recently discovered as an independent and dose-dependent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study aims to investigate the effects of pterostilbene on reducing TMAO formation and on decreasing vascular inflammation in carnitine-feeding mice. Tvanbr [Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsRead more… The post [...]
Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently updated its chronic wasting disease (CWD) regulations, adding steps designed to keep wild deer herds healthy that will be noticed this year by more hunters. The state has had a CWD management plan in place since 2011, and experts in the DNR’s wildlife health program updated it in [...]
US lawmakers are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rethink its position on the use of two medically important antibiotics to treat a disease affecting citrus production. In a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, JD, MBA, yesterday, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said the EPA’s proposals to significantly expand [...]
On October 12, 2018, five confirmed cases of mumps among migrants who had been transferred between two detention facilities were reported by the facilities to the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS). By December 11, eight Texas detention facilities and six facilities in five other states had reported 67 mumps cases to U.S. Immigration [...]
Abstract Background Due to limited therapeutic options, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium(VREF) is of great clinical significance. Recently, rising proportions of vancomycin resistance in enterococcal infections have been reported worldwide. This study aims to describe current epidemiological trends of VREF in German hospitals and to identify factors that are associated with an increased likelihood of vancomycin resistance in [...]
Health care facility engineering and maintenance staff play an important role in providing a safe and healing environment for patients, visitors and staff. The look and feel of a health care facility impacts the first and lasting impressions of patients and visitors. A properly maintained and operated facility provides an environment that patients expect and deserve. [...]
Introduction Antibiotics are the most powerful tools we have to fight life-threatening infections, like those that can lead to sepsis. However, anytime antibiotics are used, they can cause side effects and contribute to antibiotic resistance. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working to promote appropriate use by helping prescribers use the right [...]
Few things are scarier to a pumpkin farmer than the letters CMV. They stand for cucumber mosaic virus, a pathogen that lays waste to entire fields of pumpkins, cucumbers, and melons. Now, researchers have found a way to quickly develop vaccines that could eventually protect crops from viral pathogens. “This is a really neat finding,” [...]
