Tag: Bacteria
FDA Approves First Pill for Fecal Transplant Therapy
Vowst is approved to prevent recurrence of C. difficile; pill contains live gut bacteria from stool samples donated by healthy people
High-Dose VE303 Prevents Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection
CDI recurrence rates were significantly lower with high-dose VE303 bacterial consortium versus placebo
FDA Finds Contamination Issues at Eye Drops Plant
U.S. regulators discovered long list of sanitation problems at factory in India that made eye drops linked to outbreak of serious eye infections
Vibrio Vulnificus Infections Expanding Their Range
V. vulnificus infections may be present in every Eastern U.S. State by 2081 to 2100 under medium-to-high future emissions and warming
H. Pylori Infection Negatively Modifies Genetically Increased Risk for Gastric Cancer
Interaction identified between H. pylori infection and pathogenic variants in homologous-recombination genes
Florida Man Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection
Health officials continue to investigate the cause of the Naegleria fowleri infection
Infant Death Linked to Contaminated Breast Pump: CDC
Genetic sequencing linked the infection to bacteria from a breast pump used at home
CDC Warns of Rise of Drug-Resistant Shigella Bacteria
Shigella is easily spread, and limited treatment options exist for patients infected with XDR strains
FDA Widens Warning for Contaminated Eye Products
At least 16 patients had been hospitalized earlier for an outbreak of the 'rare, extensively drug-resistant' Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria
Another Infant Formula Recalled Over Bacterial Contamination Concerns
Recall was announced out of an abundance of caution; no illnesses have been reported in connection with the formula
