MRSA skin infectionsusually aren't seriousand typically respond to treatment. But when MRSA gets inside your body, which is called invasive MRSA, it can cause a serious infection in your bloodstream or other organs. This is a life-threatening infection and more difficult to treat. Can you catc...
A nosocomial infection is contracted because of an infection or toxin that exists in a certain location, such as a hospital. People now use nosocomial infections interchangeably with the terms health-care associated infections (HAIs) and hospital-acquired infections. What is the number one cause of...
"they are a potentially dangerous spider," said vetter, who has spent decades studying the brown spiders .“they’re not harmless,” he says. “but the reputation they have garnered in this country is just amazing.” cases of mistaken identity much of vetter’s work has involved verifying ...
This kind of an infection is very rare but doctors say that it is possible. Celeb dermatologist Ava Shamban toldShape, “Conceivably, the hair tie could have traumatised the skin, allowing the entrance of bacteria such as MRSA or E. coli, which can be found everywhere from shopping carts to...
With the invention of the tetanus toxoid vaccine, it wasn't commonplace for everyone to get the vaccine like it is nowadays in the United States. Fourteen years later, in 1938, a new vaccine that's more effective in preventing tetanus was invented. Because of how dangerous open wounds were...
(Telecom) as well as its major utilities (ENI and ENEL). Upon entry into the telecommunication market, Huawei established a facility in Segrate, a suburb of Milano. It launched is first research center there and worked on the study of microwaves which has resulted in the possibly-dangerous ...
Is vancomycin the strongest antibiotic? The world's last line of defense against disease-causing bacteria just got a new warrior: vancomycin 3.0. Its predecessor—vancomycin 1.0—has been used since 1958 to combat dangerous infections like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. ...
biomaterials; tantalum; race for the surface; implant-associated infection1. Introduction As an indispensable treatment for the restoration of function in modern medicine, biomaterial implants often fail because of implant-associated infection (IAI) [1]. Orthopedic IAI is a serious complication occurring...