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Bacteria-Killing Enzyme Cures Mice With Fatal Pneumonia
March 2, 2009 Before the advent of antibiotics, pneumonia claimed so many lives -- and was so feared -- that it was called the "captain of the ship of death." Now, at a time when the new antibiotics have proved ... > full story -
Long-Term Use Of Popular Inhalers Increases Risk Of Pneumonia For COPD Patients
February 9, 2009 Newly published research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine finds that a popular class of anti-inflammatory inhalers significantly increases the risk of pneumonia in patients with ... > full story -
New Drug To Fight Pneumonia And Meningitis? Scientists Cripple Critical Pneumococcal Proteins
January 28, 2009 Researchers have introduced a highly promising new approach for the development of drugs to treat pneumococci, which cause pneumonia and meningitis. They copied the choline architecture of the ... > full story -
Human Metapneumovirus Infection Predisposes Mice To Severe Pneumococcal Pneumonia
January 27, 2009 A new study suggests that prior infection with human metapneumovirus or influenza A virus predisposes mice to a severe secondary bacterial infection with pneumococcal ... > full story -
Pediatric Vaccine Effectively Prevents Pneumococcal Meningitis, Study Suggests
January 14, 2009 A standard pediatric vaccine used to prevent several common types of life-threatening infections also effectively reduced the rates of pneumococcal meningitis in children and adults, according to a ... > full story -
More Effective Treatment For Pneumonia Following Influenza Found, Study Shows
January 8, 2009 Scientists have demonstrated a more effective treatment for bacterial pneumonia following influenza. They found that the antibiotics clindamycin and azithromycin, which kill bacteria by inhibiting ... > full story -
Pneumococcal Vaccine Does Not Appear To Protect Against Pneumonia
January 5, 2009 Commonly used pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines do not appear to be effective for preventing pneumonia, found a new study by a team of researchers from Switzerland and the United ... > full story -
Increased Risk Of Pneumococcal Disease In Asthma Patients
December 19, 2008 Adults with asthma are at increased risk of serious pneumococcal disease caused by Streptococcus pneumonia, the most common bacteria causing middle ear infections and community acquired ... > full story -
Toothbrushing Can Prevent Hospital-Borne Pneumonia
December 11, 2008 Toothbrushing can prevent hospital-borne pneumonia. Hospital-borne infections are a serious risk of a long-term hospital stay, and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a lung infection that ... > full story -
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Gene Chips Accurately Detect Pneumonia In ICU Patients On Ventilators
November 17, 2008 Even seasoned doctors have a difficult time diagnosing pneumonia in hospitalized patients breathing with the assistance of a ventilator. That's because a patient's underlying illness often skews ... > full story
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