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- Otitis Media (Ear Infection)
Otitis media is an infection or inflammation of the middle ear. This inflammation often begins when infections that cause sore throats, colds, or other respiratory or breathing problems spread to the middle ear. These can be viral or bacterial infections. Seventy-five percent of children experience at least one episode of otitis media by their third birthday. Almost half of these children will have three or more ear infections during their first 3 years. It is estimated that medical costs and...
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Intranasal SARS Vaccine Protects Monkeys from Infection
A single dose of a test vaccine sprayed into the nose protects monkeys against the SARS virus, according to Alexander Bukreyev, Ph.D., Peter Collins, Ph.D., and coworkers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study, published in the June 26 issue of the British journal The Lancet, is the third recently issued by NIAID that describes a promising candidate vaccine against SARS. This vaccine differs from the...
National Institutes of Health
- Pet Turtles Pose Risk of Salmonella
Infection for Infants and Small Children
The Houston Office of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging consumers not to purchase live, baby turtles, with a carapace (shell) of less than 4 inches, as pets. The FDA has been alerted to a resurgence in sales of live, baby turtles in Houston area malls. FDA prohibited the distribution and sale of baby turtles with shells 4 inches in length or less in 1970 after a quarter million infants and small children were diagnosed with having turtle-associated salmonellosis. The agency...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) in Adults
Pyelonephritis is a kidney infection, usually from bacteria that have spread from the bladder. Possible causes of infection include the following: infections in the bladder use of a catheter to drain urine from the bladder use of a cystoscope to examine the bladder and urethra surgery on the urinary tract conditions such as prostate enlargement and kidney stones that prevent the efficient flow of urine from the bladder Symptoms and signs include back, side, and groin pain; urgent, frequent...
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- FDA Clears Rapid Test for Aspergillus Infection
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today cleared for marketing the first rapid laboratory test for a life-threatening invasive fungal infection that occurs in leukemia patients, organ and bone marrow transplant patients, and patients whose immune systems are compromised by illness or chemotherapy. The test will allow doctors to diagnose invasive aspergillus infection quicker and begin treatment with anti-fungal drugs sooner. The new test, the Platelia Aspergillus EIA, manufactured by...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. - http://www.apic.org/
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- Cryptococcosis: New Recommendations Against Major Opportunistic Infection
ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- HPV Infection Common Among Females In US
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
- Obesity associated with hip complications
The Earth Times - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:59 EST
- Second Human Bird Flu Infection Suspected In Laos
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Flu Shot Cuts Kids' Infection Risk in Half
MedicineNet - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
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- Safety and Immunogenicity Study of Hib-MenCY-TT Vaccine Compared to Licensed Hib and Meningococcal Serogroup C Conjugate Vaccines, Each Administered at 2, 4, 6, and 12 to 15 Months of Age.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00134719 - Active, not recruiting
Invasive bacterial disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b and Neisseria meningitidis serogroups C and Y.
- Study to Eliminate Hib Carriage in Rural Alaska Native Villages
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00153556 - Completed
Haemophilus influenzae type B; Carrier State
- Immunogenicity and Safety of PENTAXIM™ in Indian Population
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00259337 - Active, not recruiting
Diphtheria; Tetanus; Polio; Pertussis; Haemophilus Influenzae Type B
- Dose Ranging Study of 3 Formulations of Hib-MenCY-TT Vaccine and 1 Formulation of Hib-MenC-TT Vaccine Compared to Licensed Meningococcal Serogroup C Conjugate Vaccine, Each Administered at 2, 3, and 4 Months of Age.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00129116 - Completed
Invasive bacterial disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b and Neisseria meningitidis serogroups C and Y.
- Non-Inferiority of GSK Biologicals' DTPw-HBV/Hib Compared to Two Formulations of GSK Biologicals' DTPw-HBV/Hib
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00473668 - Active, not recruiting
Diphtheria; Tetanus; Pertussis; Hepatitis B; Haemophilus Influenzae Type b Diseases

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