clinical infectious diseases
Study examines recurrent wound botulism in injection drug users
Botulism is a rare disease and recurrent botulism even more rare. However, in California, recurrent wound botulism among injection drug users has been on the rise and makes up three-quarters of reported cases in the United States. A new study publ…
Study examines incident hepatitis C infection in HIV-infected men
Hepatitis C is a leading cause of illness and death for individuals infected with both HIV and hepatitis C. Recent reports from around the world demonstrate that hepatitis C is emerging as a sexually transmitted infection among HIV-infected men who…
Study suggests possible new treatment for severe 2009 H1N1 infection
Convalescent plasma therapy — using plasma from patients who have recovered from an infection to treat those with the same infection — has been used to treat multiple diseases. However, the efficacy of this treatment in patients with severe 2009 …
Fighting flu in newborns begins in pregnancy
A three-year study by Yale School of Medicine researchers has found that vaccinating pregnant women against influenza is over 90 percent effective in preventing their infants from being hospitalized with influenza in the first six months of life. Pu…
E. coli outbreak in Connecticut caused by raw milk consumption
Raw milk is consumed by an estimated 1-3 percent of the United States population. Raw milk and raw cheeses are responsible for almost 70 percent of reported dairy outbreaks. On July 16, 2008, the Connecticut Department of Public Health identified …
