Boy Dies From Fla. Lake Infection

AP Online;  July 27, 2002 ;     242 words ......ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ One central Florida boy died and another was in critical...after they contracted rare infections while swimming in nearby lakes...meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection that is contracted from amoebas...hospital officials said. The infection is often fatal but is ...

Historical concepts of interactions, synergism and antagonism between...

The Journal of Nutrition;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Symposium: Nutrition and Infection, Prologue and Progress Since 1968...Antagonism between Nutrition and Infection1 ABSTRACT In the 1950s textbooks of...little or no mention of a relation to infection. The same was true for treatises...

Diminished Primary CD8 T Cell Response to Viral Infection during Protein...

The Journal of Nutrition;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......increases the incidence and severity of infection, causing morbidity and mortality in malnourished...to increased incidence and severity of infections. We tested this hypothesis using a mouse...lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection and an adoptive transfer system using...

Electromagnetic augmentation of antibiotic efficacy in infection of...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Infection of orthopaedic implants is a significant problem, with...PEMF) on the efficacy of antibiotics in the treatment of infection of implants. Five-day biofilms of Staphylococcus epidermidis...17 July 2001; Accepted after revision 6 September 2002 Infection of implants is a significant problem in both ...

Burden of infection on growth failure

The Journal of Nutrition;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Burden of Infection on Growth Failure' ABSTRACT The high prevalence of infections among children living in poor areas of developing...growth in these populations. Acute, invasive infections, which provoke a systemic response (e.g., dysentery...

The management of peri-prosthetic infection in total joint arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Deep peri-prosthetic infection following total joint arthroplasty...in functional outcome. The risk of infection is generally quoted as being 1%. The...THA revisions are carried out for infection.3,4 Infection presents a significant...

Severe Infection Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

British Journal of Biomedical Science;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Severe Infection Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa A.R...text in the Perspectives in Critical Infection Disease series draws contributions from...the field. Initial chapters deal with infection in specific patient groups and clinical...

Florida Boy Killed on Va. Beach Highway

The Washington Post;  July 15, 1991 ;     183 words ...A 13-year-old Florida boy, vacationing with his family at Virginia Beach, was killed Saturday in a freak accident and explosion on the Virginia Beach-Norfolk...

PHOTO COULD BE OF MISSING FLORIDA BOY.(Local)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  September 13, 2001 ;     261 words ...Byline: Tillie Fong News Staff Writer DILLON -- A Florida boy who has been missing for a year may be the bound child shown in a photograph discovered outside a City Market last month. ``It...

Florida boy, 7, accused of grand theft auto

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 27, 2008 ;     101 words ...PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Police say a 7-year-old Florida boy faces grand theft auto charges after taking his grandmother's sport utility vehicle for a joyride. The eight-minute trek left a...

7-Year-Old Florida Boy Dies Awaiting 4th Liver Transplant

The Washington Post;  April 30, 1987 ;     261 words ...Ronnie DeSillers, a 7-year-old Florida boy who received three liver transplants after an outpouring of...had gone into his third transplant suffering from abdominal infection, a noninfectious form of pneumonia and an inflamed pancreas...

Florida boy convicted of 6-year-old girl's murder

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 26, 2001 ;     394 words ...Florida boy convicted of 6-year-old girl's murder Teen says he was imitating pro wrestlers By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press Friday, January...

INFECTION THREATENS PACEMAKERS

United Press International;  August 27, 2001 ;     593 words ...United Press International 08-27-2001 Infection threatens pacemakers DALLAS, Aug 27...are particularly vulnerable to staph infection, which often is difficult to detect and...said while the devices do not cause infections, the presence of a device complicates...

monitor forum; Hospital infection rates aren't so simple; Much of the...

Concord Monitor;  January 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...What is the infection rate at Concord Hospital? Presumably...answer expressed in terms such as 5 infections per 1,000 admissions. Unfortunately...denominator. For an overall hospital-acquired infection rate, a hospital would have to have...

Impact of BCG vaccination on tuberculin surveys to estimate the annual...

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......objectives: Annual risk of tuberculosis infection (ARTI) computed from prevalence of infection measures the extent of tuberculosis transmission...district, south India. The prevalence of infection was estimated using the anti-mode method...