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Meningitis in Newborns: What to Look Out For

Claire is Evidence & Policy Manager at the UK and international charity Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF). She discusses the signs and symptoms of meningitis in newborns, and the aims for the recent diagnostic eTool developed by the MRF.

24 Apr 2018

Gene related to high fatality could be used as biomarker in patients with P. aeruginosa infection

Researchers discovered an easily measured gene linked to a high fatality rate, which could be used as a novel prognostic biomarker in patients with a Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) bloodstream infection, according to research presented at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

23 Apr 2018

Positive interventions in sepsis management raise key questions about E. coli reduction targets

Sepsis detection success raises important questions about E. coli reduction targets

23 Apr 2018

AYOXXA to develop multiplex immunoassay to support treatment of sepsis patients

AYOXXA Biosystems GmbH, an international biotechnology company, will develop a multiplex assay to support the treatment of sepsis patients as part of the project "SepsisData.Net.NRW - Digitized Pattern Recognition for Personalized Treatment of Sepsis Patients". The development will be based on the Company’s innovative bead-based protein analysis platform LUNARIS™.

20 Apr 2018

SLU professor discovers new biomarkers for chlorine gas exposure

As experts sort through questions around recent chemical attacks in Syria, future answers to quickly testing and treating those who may have been exposed to chlorine gas may lie in chlorinated lipids, says a Saint Louis University professor.

19 Apr 2018

Antimicrobial therapy can prevent occurrence of pneumococcal septicemia

Antimicrobial therapy targeting specific cells in the immune system could prevent sepsis and life-threatening disease in people suffering from pneumonia, new research led by the University of Leicester has shown.

17 Apr 2018

Microscopic revelations could lead to new treatment options for deadly blood infections

Researchers at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) have for the first time been able to observe -- live and in real-time -- how the human body responds to often lethal fungal blood infections in the lung.

4 Apr 2018

Researchers characterize S. aureus gene involved in virulence and antibiotic resistance

An Institut Pasteur-CNRS research team has characterized a Staphylococcus aureus gene involved in virulence, biofilm formation and resistance to certain antibiotics.

23 Mar 2018

Study: Premature babies have higher risks of health complications in Bangladesh

A recently published study in Bangladesh titled Clinical outcome of the late preterm infants shows that premature babies can develop major neonatal complications that need admission in a neonatal intensive care unit.

20 Mar 2018

Scientists develop rapid test that could revolutionize diagnostics of infectious diseases

Scientists of the Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technologies, Center for Sepsis Control and Care at the University Hospital Jena and Friedrich Schiller University work at a faster and cheaper alternative for hitherto time consuming pathogen diagnostics.

14 Mar 2018

Perioperative beta blockers could increase deaths and strokes one year after surgery

During the 12 months after undergoing noncardiac surgery, patients with or at risk for heart disease who were treated with the beta blocker metoprolol for 30 days were less likely than patients who received a placebo to have a heart attack, but more likely to die or have a stroke, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session.

13 Mar 2018

Study findings formalize clinical quality indicators for emergency care in Africa

The need for emergency care in low-income and middle-income countries has never been greater, but until now, measurable indicators for providing this care have been lacking. A study conducted by the sidHARTe - Strengthening Emergency Systems Program at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in collaboration with the African Federation of Emergency Medicine fills this gap, identifying 76 quality indicators for emergency care for use in critical care facilities in Africa.

13 Mar 2018

Study seeks to examine whether gut bacteria cause brain dysfunction in sepsis patients

Surviving a critical illness is no small feat, but it's only half the battle for many patients. Serious complications can still result after an illness appears to have cleared.

8 Mar 2018

Researchers aim to to better predict future chronic opioid therapy in hospital patients

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus are working to develop statistical models to better predict which patients will be prescribed opioid medications long-term following discharge from a hospital stay.

6 Mar 2018

ICU risk scores can be repurposed as continuous markers of illness severity

Commonly used ICU risk scores can be "repurposed" as continuous markers of severity of illness in critically ill patients--providing ongoing updates on changes in the patient's condition and risk of death, according to a study in the March issue of Critical Care Medicine, official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

27 Feb 2018

New discovery may allow doctors to treat inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

A new discovery about the immune system may allow doctors to treat harmful inflammation that damages the brain in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. It might also let doctors save patients from the potentially deadly inflammation of sepsis, a full-body infection that kills a quarter-million Americans every year.

26 Feb 2018

Discovery opens new doors to developing vaccines for preventing staph skin infections

After years of investigation, researchers at Johns Hopkins, the University of California, Davis, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have discovered how the immune system might protect a person from recurrent bacterial skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (staph).

6 Feb 2018

Elevated levels of chlorinated lipids linked to lung injury and death in sepsis patients

In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight, Saint Louis University scientists have found that elevated levels of chlorinated lipids are linked to sepsis, lung injury and death. The finding may offer a way to diagnosis and treat sepsis earlier, saving lives and avoiding serious side effects.

31 Jan 2018

Scientists develop rapid test for early diagnosis of heart attack and to identify sepsis

NUST MISIS scientists have developed a new type of membrane test strip for the quantitative immunochromatographic rapid-test that will be able to accurately and quickly make an early diagnosis of an acute myocardial infarction through the presence of disease markers in blood, as well as to identify various things such as sepsis, a pregnancy's duration, and viral & bacterial infections.

29 Jan 2018

Changes in bacterial environment may predict risk of preterm birth

A recent study has found that changes in microbial communities within the reproductive tract of pregnant women were strongly linked to premature birth.

26 Jan 2018

Sepsis News and Research

Latest Sepsis News and Research

Meningitis in Newborns: What to Look Out For

Gene related to high fatality could be used as biomarker in patients with P. aeruginosa infection

Positive interventions in sepsis management raise key questions about E. coli reduction targets

AYOXXA to develop multiplex immunoassay to support treatment of sepsis patients

SLU professor discovers new biomarkers for chlorine gas exposure

Antimicrobial therapy can prevent occurrence of pneumococcal septicemia

Microscopic revelations could lead to new treatment options for deadly blood infections

Researchers characterize S. aureus gene involved in virulence and antibiotic resistance

Study: Premature babies have higher risks of health complications in Bangladesh

Scientists develop rapid test that could revolutionize diagnostics of infectious diseases

Perioperative beta blockers could increase deaths and strokes one year after surgery

Study findings formalize clinical quality indicators for emergency care in Africa

Study seeks to examine whether gut bacteria cause brain dysfunction in sepsis patients

Researchers aim to to better predict future chronic opioid therapy in hospital patients

ICU risk scores can be repurposed as continuous markers of illness severity

New discovery may allow doctors to treat inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

Discovery opens new doors to developing vaccines for preventing staph skin infections

Elevated levels of chlorinated lipids linked to lung injury and death in sepsis patients

Scientists develop rapid test for early diagnosis of heart attack and to identify sepsis

Changes in bacterial environment may predict risk of preterm birth

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