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Multikingdom and functional gut microbiota markers for autism spectrum disorder - Nature.com

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Multikingdom and functional gut microbiota markers for autism spectrum disorder    Nature.com

Raw Milk Is Booming. A Salmonella Outbreak Highlights Its Risks. - The New York Times

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Raw Milk Is Booming. A Salmonella Outbreak Highlights Its Risks.    The New York Times

Norovirus, aka stomach flu, on the rise in the US: Know these signs - Yahoo! Voices

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Norovirus, aka stomach flu, on the rise in the US: Know these signs    Yahoo! Voices

Do antibiotics harm healthy gut bacteria? What to know - Medical News Today

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Do antibiotics harm healthy gut bacteria? What to know    Medical News Today

Antimicrobial resistance in multistate outbreaks of nontyphoidal Salmonella infections linked to animal contact—United States, 2015–2018 - American Society for Microbiology

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Antimicrobial resistance in multistate outbreaks of nontyphoidal Salmonella infections linked to animal contact—United States, 2015–2018    American Society for Microbiology

Here’s how long it takes for your body to recover from food poisoning - CNN

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Here's how long it takes for your body to recover from food poisoning    CNN

Norovirus: What to know and how to avoid it - Mayo Clinic

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Norovirus: What to know and how to avoid it    Mayo Clinic

7 best natural antibiotics: Uses, evidence, and effectiveness - Medical News Today

[unable to retrieve full-text content] 7 best natural antibiotics: Uses, evidence, and effectiveness    Medical News Today

Characterization of a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium lineage with rough colony morphology and multidrug resistance - Nature.com

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Characterization of a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium lineage with rough colony morphology and multidrug resistance    Nature.com

Walking Pneumonia: What You Should Know - Yale Medicine

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Walking Pneumonia: What You Should Know    Yale Medicine

Top 5 Infectious Disease New Stories Week of July 5-July 12 - Contagionlive.com

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Top 5 Infectious Disease New Stories Week of July 5-July 12    Contagionlive.com

Is Your Diarrhea From COVID-19—or Something Else? - Health.com

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Is Your Diarrhea From COVID-19—or Something Else?    Health.com

Editorial: Management and Treatment of Pilonidal Disease: 189 Years After Mayo - Frontiers

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Editorial: Management and Treatment of Pilonidal Disease: 189 Years After Mayo    Frontiers

Biologists Seek Deeper Grasp on Strep Bacterium’s Behavior - The University of Texas at Dallas

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Biologists Seek Deeper Grasp on Strep Bacterium's Behavior    The University of Texas at Dallas

Food Poisoning from Marine Toxins - CDC

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Food Poisoning from Marine Toxins    CDC

Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection - National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection    National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)

What Stinks? The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide in the Gut - American Society for Microbiology

[unable to retrieve full-text content] What Stinks? The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide in the Gut    American Society for Microbiology

Contact Lens Associated Bacterial Keratitis: Common Organisms, Antibiotic Therapy, and Global Resistance Trends: A Systematic Review - Frontiers

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Contact Lens Associated Bacterial Keratitis: Common Organisms, Antibiotic Therapy, and Global Resistance Trends: A Systematic Review    Frontiers

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Chooses 3M for Campylobacter Testing in Poultry - 3M News Center

[unable to retrieve full-text content] USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Chooses 3M for Campylobacter Testing in Poultry    3M News Center

Tetanus Symptoms and Treatment - Mass General Brigham

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Tetanus Symptoms and Treatment    Mass General Brigham

Could Your Upset Stomach Be Food Poisoning? Common Symptoms of Salmonella - Health.com

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Could Your Upset Stomach Be Food Poisoning? Common Symptoms of Salmonella    Health.com

Ty Pennington Learned to 'Live Every Day to the Fullest' After Surgery for Throat Abscess: 'You Just Don't Know' - PEOPLE

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Ty Pennington Learned to 'Live Every Day to the Fullest' After Surgery for Throat Abscess: 'You Just Don't Know'    PEOPLE

Walking Pneumonia: What You Should Know - Yale Medicine

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Walking Pneumonia: What You Should Know    Yale Medicine

What every poultry owner should know about chicks, ducklings, and salmonella - Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

[unable to retrieve full-text content] What every poultry owner should know about chicks, ducklings, and salmonella    Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

Airway epithelial CD47 plays a critical role in inducing influenza virus-mediated bacterial super-infection - Nature.com

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Airway epithelial CD47 plays a critical role in inducing influenza virus-mediated bacterial super-infection    Nature.com

Tuberculosis (TB) - World Health Organization (WHO)

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Tuberculosis (TB)    World Health Organization (WHO)

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cantaloupes - CDC

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cantaloupes    CDC

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cantaloupes - CDC

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cantaloupes    CDC

What To Eat, Drink and Avoid When You Have the Stomach Flu - Health Essentials

[unable to retrieve full-text content] What To Eat, Drink and Avoid When You Have the Stomach Flu    Health Essentials

Signs and symptoms of salmonella infection - Mayo Clinic

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Signs and symptoms of salmonella infection    Mayo Clinic

Survey of epiphytic microalgae to evaluate risk of ciguatera fish poisoning across natural and artificial reefs in North Carolina - Frontiers

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Survey of epiphytic microalgae to evaluate risk of ciguatera fish poisoning across natural and artificial reefs in North Carolina    Frontiers

Investigation Details | Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Fresh Diced Onions - CDC

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Investigation Details | Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Fresh Diced Onions    CDC

Why Salmonella Makes So Many People Sick - The New York Times

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Why Salmonella Makes So Many People Sick    The New York Times

The Litigated Dish: What is food poisoning? - Food Safety News

[unable to retrieve full-text content] The Litigated Dish: What is food poisoning?    Food Safety News

Can a Wet Bathing Suit Cause a Yeast Infection? - Verywell Health

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Can a Wet Bathing Suit Cause a Yeast Infection?    Verywell Health

Identification and characterization of endogenous retroviruses upon SARS-CoV-2 infection - Frontiers

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Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has emerged as a significant global health threat, infecting millions worldwide and resulting in numerous fatalities (1–3). Understanding the molecular events occurring during SARS-CoV-2 infection is imperative to control virus spread and effectively treat severe cases. Upon viral infection, host cells activated defensive responses to combat the invading pathogens (4–6). Utilizing next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, numerous studies have investigated the gene expression patterns of host cells, thereby advancing our understanding of virus–host interactions (7–9). However, most of these studies have focused on profiling the expression of coding genes within the host, neglecting the exploration of transposable elements (TEs) and their expression patterns and functions. Notably, TEs constitute nearly 50% of the human genome, whereas coding genes make up only 2%...

Fungal diseases are spreading undetected - Nature.com

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Surgeons operate to remove 'black fungus' from a person's lung. Credit: Prakash Singh/AFP via Getty Lire en français In mid-2021, a deadly fungal disease called mucormycosis began surging in India's crowded hospitals. Often referred to as 'black fungus', and caused by various common mould species, mucormycosis typically invades structures in the face and brain. But during the Indian outbreak, thousands of people in hospital — most of them undergoing steroid treatment for severe COVID-19 — developed fungal infections that festered unseen in the lungs 1 . "We missed a lot of pulmonary mucormycosis during COVID," says microbiologist Arunaloke Chakrabarti, director of the Doodhadhari Burfani Hospital and Research Institute in Haridwar, India. The expertise and tests needed to diagnose the condition were frequently unavailable, Chakrabarti says, and many people died before they could be treated. Part of Nature Outlook: Negle...

Smells Like … An Armpit Infection? - NBC News

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One man's irrepressible body odor was the result of a bacterial infection of his armpit hair, according to a new report of the case. The 40-year-old man told his doctors he'd had armpit odor and "dirty" armpit hair for the last four years. There was a "creamy yellow" substance on the man's armpit hairs. Looking at the hairs under the microscope, the doctors saw that the hairs were surrounded by an "opaque material" that was only on the hair surface. [ 13 Oddest Medical Cases ] The doctors diagnosed the man with trichomycosis axillaris, which is an infection of hair shafts caused by the bacteria Corynebacterium tenuis , the researchers said. The infection can produce yellow, black or red masses around hair shafts. The bacteria tend to grow on hair in moist regions of the body — mostly armpit hair, but sometimes pubic hair. The odor that comes with the condition is due, in part, to the ability of the bacteria to metabolize testosterone i...

How To Prevent Fried Rice Syndrome - Health Essentials

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Raw poultry and meat seem to get all the blame when it comes to food poisoning. But there's a lesser-known digestive infection, commonly called "fried rice syndrome," that can affect seemingly innocent and extremely common foods like rice. Advertisement Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Policy Although it's not as common as other types of food poisoning, fried rice syndrome can be serious, so it's worth learning its causes — and how to avoid it. Gastroenterologist Christine Lee, MD, shares the facts about fried rice syndrome. How does food poisoning happen with rice? Fried rice syndrome is food poisoning caused by a bacterium known as Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) . This microscopic germ likes to live on starchy foods like rice and pasta, but it can set up shop on nearly any food. All this bacterium needs is the right combination o...

Deadly infections in Japan renew questions about Group A strep bacteria - NBC News

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The summary Japan has reported a record number of cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, a rare and dangerous bacterial infection caused by Group A strep bacteria. The U.S. similarly saw serious Group A strep infections — including STSS — reach a 20-year high in 2023. Experts think a post-pandemic rebound of bacterial and viral infections could partially explain the trend, but many unanswered questions persist. A record-breaking rise in potentially fatal infections in Japan is bringing attention to persistent, unanswered questions about the group of bacteria behind the illnesses. The rare infection, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), is caused by Group A strep bacteria, the same type that causes strep throat and scarlet fever. In rare cases, Group A strep can enter deep tissue or the bloodstream, as is the case with STSS.  Up to 30% of STSS infections are fatal: The condition usually starts with a fever, chills, muscle aches, nausea or vomiting but can become li...

Bacterial Infection: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & Prevention - Cleveland Clinic

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What is a bacterial infection? Bacterial infections are any illness or condition caused by bacterial growth or poisons (toxins). You can get sick from getting harmful bacteria in your skin, gut (GI tract), lungs, heart, brain, blood or anywhere else in your body. Harmful bacteria from the environment, an infected person or animal, a bug bite or something contaminated (like food, water or surfaces) can cause infections. Bacteria that's not normally harmful but that gets into a place in your body where it shouldn't be can also cause infections. What is bacteria? Bacteria are living things with only a single cell that can reproduce quickly. There are millions of bacteria that live all around us — in soil or water and on surfaces in our homes and workplaces. There are even millions of bacteria that live on your skin and inside of your body. Most bacteria aren't harmful, and many are even helpful. They can help you digest food and kill off other harmful forms of bacteria that tr...