[11] Any delay in the diagnosis of neonatal HSV infection can have disastrous consequences. While the presence of SEM infection is associated with a 0% mortality rate, without prompt treatment ...

A vaginal yeast infection is caused by an overgrowth of yeast (a type of fungus) in the body. People with diabetes are more prone to getting these infections because their blood sugar levels are often ...

Mycoplasmas as economically important and pantropic pathogens can cause similar clinical diseases in different hosts by eluding host defense and establishing their niches despite their limited ...

Steers said. “But when that urinary tract infection goes upwards up the urinary tract, it can start to climb up the ureter and enter the kidney. “That’s called pyelonephritis. So, that would be an ...

The Neonatal Data Analysis Unit forms part of the Neonatal Medicine Research Group led by Professor Neena Modi at the Chelsea and Westminster campus of Imperial College London. The Neonatal Data ...

Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...

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5 Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC Background: National surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is necessary to identify areas of concern, ...