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Apparent viral respiratory illness in children should not be treated with antibiotics. If there is a diagnosis of bacterial infection, then antibiotics may be used. [11] Despite acute respiratory-tract infections being mainly caused by viruses, as many as 75% of cases are treated with antibiotics. [12]
Two-year-old Michael Nole of Tacoma, Washington, who died on January 22, 1993, at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Seattle of heart failure stemming from kidney failure caused by the bacteria E. coli O157:H7. [25] [26] Two-year-old Celina Shribbs of Mountlake Terrace, Washington, died on January 28, 1993.
The bacteria are mesophilic and grow best at temperatures between 35 and 37 °C. [1] H. influenzae was first described in 1893 [2] [3] by Richard Pfeiffer during an influenza pandemic [4] when he incorrectly identified it as the causative microbe, which is why the bacteria was given the name "influenzae".
The tubes and tools at dentists offices are at high risk of developing bacterial biofilms, according to the CDC, which can lead to infections among children. CDC warns of bacteria in dental ...
The $1.4 million scheme Dell and his accomplices carried out is only a drop in the bucket. Retailers suffered more than $112 billion in losses due to shrink last year alone, according to the ...
Phage therapy is the use of bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections. Bacteriophage treatment offers a possible alternative to conventional antibiotic treatments for bacterial infection. [55] It is conceivable that, although bacteria can develop resistance to phages, the resistance might be easier to overcome than resistance to antibiotics.
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Design of engineered live bacterial therapeutics [1]. Bacterial therapy is the therapeutic use of bacteria to treat diseases.Bacterial therapeutics are living medicines, and may be wild type bacteria (often in the form of probiotics) or bacteria that have been genetically engineered to possess therapeutic properties that is injected into a patient.