NZ researchers say STD urine testing now easier than before
Wednesday, 11 January 2012- Chlamydia trachomatis testing and urine culture can be done with a single sample, rather than the separate samples now commonly used, researchers reported.
Modern nucleic acid amplification...
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Experimental drug clears chronic UTIs in animal model
Wednesday, 23 November 2011- An experimental treatment for urinary tract infections has easily passed its first test in animals, alleviating weeks-long infections in mice in as little as six hours.
"This drug can block the...
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Urologists urge to join the GPIU project and ESIU/EAU prostate biopsy side study
Friday, 18 November 2011- Qualified urologists and urology departments collaborating with microbiologists and infectious disease specialists are encouraged to join the new Global Prevalence Study of Infections in Urology (GPIU)...
By Joel Vega
Antibiotics for hospital-acquired infections can increase post-op complications
Tuesday, 1 November 2011-The introduction of new antibiotic regimes to tackle hospital-acquired infections, such as C. difficile, must take into account the possibility of increased infections following specific surgical...
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New way to prevent infections in dialysis patients discovered by Canadian researchers
Friday, 28 January 2011- Researchers have discovered that a drug used to treat dialysis catheter malfunction in kidney dialysis patients may now also help prevent both malfunction as well as infections.
Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn...
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