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  Unnecessary Antimicrobial Use Increases Risk of Recurrent Infectious Diarrhea

  January 9, 2013 — A new study found that many patients with Clostridium difficile infection are prescribed unnecessary antibiotics, increasing their risk of recurrence of the deadly infection. The retrospective report ... > full story
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  A Rapid Test for Fungus That Caused Injection Deaths

  January 9, 2013 — A rapid detection assay has been developed to Exserhilum rostratum, the fungus primarily responsible for 39 deaths among patients injected last year with a contaminated steroid medication. The test ... > full story
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  Drug Resistance in E. Coli: 'Baby Steps' Can Pay Off Big

  January 9, 2013 — Scientists have found that mutations of seemingly small consequence can turn out to be game changers in the bacterial fight against antibiotic drugs. The discovery came during an exhaustive, ... > full story
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  Scientists Discover New Gene That Affects Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus

  January 9, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a gene that interferes with the clearance of hepatitis C virus infection. They also identified an inherited variant within this gene, Interferon Lambda 4 (IFNL4), that ... > full story
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  Bugs Need Symbiotic Bacteria to Exploit Plant Seeds: Mid-Gut Microbes Help Insects in Processing Their Food

  January 9, 2013 — Aggregations of the red and black coloured firebugs are ubiquitous under linden trees in Central Europe, where the bugs can reach astounding population densities. While these insects have no impact ... > full story
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  Effects of Antibiotics on Gut Flora Analyzed

  January 9, 2013 — A new study reveals that antibiotics produce changes in the microbial and metabolic patterns of the gut. The researchers that have analyzed for the first time the bacteria, genes, enzymes and ... > full story
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  Disappearing Bacterium May Protect Against Stroke

  January 9, 2013 — An especially virulent strain of the gut bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) isn’t implicated in the overall death rate of the U.S. population, and may even protect against stroke and ... > full story
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  Synthetic Stool Can Cure C. Difficile Infection, Study Suggests

  January 8, 2013 — A newly developed synthetic "poop" can cure nasty gastrointestinal infections caused by Clostridium difficile, a toxin-producing bacterium, a new study ... > full story
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  Cheating Slime Mold Gets the Upper Hand

  January 8, 2013 — A  ‘cheater’ mutation (chtB) in Dictyostelium discoideum, a free living slime mould able to co-operate as social organism when food is scarce, allows the cheater strain to exploit ... > full story
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  Failure Rate of Antibiotic Treatment for Gonorrhea Documented

  January 8, 2013 — In an examination of the effectiveness of cefixime, the only oral cephalosporin antimicrobial recommended for treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea) infections, researchers found a clinical ... > full story

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