TB and Outbreaks Week

Infectious Disease Therapy - Novel carbapenems show promise for treatment of drug-resistant pathogens

Infectious Disease Therapy - Novel parenteral cephalosporin shows promise against MRSA and other pathogens

Infectious Disease Therapy - Garenoxacin highly active against resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infectious Disease Therapy - Telithromycin highly active against resistant respiratory tract pathogens

Malaria Therapy - Ankyrin peptide blocks falcipain-2-mediated malaria parasite release

Malaria Therapy - Artesunate-primaquine antimalarial regimen highly effective in Thailand

Anthrax - Dual-action vaccine more effective than current vaccine in early tests

Anthrax - Firm negotiates vaccine rights

Anthrax - Mouse study gives new view of toxin

Anthrax Diagnosis - Is it inhaled anthrax or flu?

Anti-infective Proteins - Scarabaecin is an antifungal, antibacterial peptide from Oryctes rhinoceros

Antibiotic Resistance - Scientists develop safer pig feeds without antibiotics

Babesiosis - Researchers report non-B. divergens organism causing babesiosis

Bacillus Subtilis - Mre genes are involved in cell shape determination and septum formation

Chronic Urticaria - Some chronic urticaria may relate to thyroid disease or Helicobacter pylori

Drug Development - Novel Psychotria extracts show antiparasitic and anticancer activity

Environmental Risk -  Cryptosporidium parvum transmission in South Africa is mostly human to human

Giardia Lamblia - Six substitutions in RNA polymerase II make Giardia amanitin resistant

HIV/AIDS - Risk factors for high-risk HPV infection identified for HIV patients

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Novel Pneumocystis gene aids cell wall assembly

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Cyanovirin-N highly active against influenza viruses

Helicobacter Pylori - Urea breath, stool antigen tests work well to detect H. pylori in children

Immunology - If you are down, you may be more likely to get infections

Immunology - VH3 antibodies play key role in amebiasis defense

Infectious Disease - Community-acquired MRSA carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes emerging worldwide

Infectious Disease Therapy - Cefotaxime sensitizes penicillin-resistant pneumococci to levofloxacin

Infectious Disease Therapy - Cethromycin highly active against enterococci

Infectious Disease Therapy - Generic ceftriaxone products fail to meet quality standards

Infectious Disease Therapy - Levofloxacin active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Infectious Disease Therapy - Novel thiacetazone derivative highly active against Mycobacterium avium

Infectious Disease Therapy - Rifampin has little effect on linezolid therapy against Staphylococcus aureus