pertussis (whooping cough) faq - Utah County Immunization Coalition
... vomiting, pneumonia, broken ribs, ruptured blood vessels, and seizures. If you or your child develops a cold that includes a severe cough or a cough that lasts a long time, it may be pertussis. The best way to know if you have pertussis is to see your healthcare provider, who can make a diagnosis an ...
... vomiting, pneumonia, broken ribs, ruptured blood vessels, and seizures. If you or your child develops a cold that includes a severe cough or a cough that lasts a long time, it may be pertussis. The best way to know if you have pertussis is to see your healthcare provider, who can make a diagnosis an ...
Pathogenesis and Pathology of Bovine Pneumonia
... in macrophages and by formation of biofilm.36 Virulence factors of B trehalosi are not as well understood as those of many of the other BRD bacterial pathogens; however, there are many similarities with M haemolytica. Strains are encapsulated, and some strains are positive for LKT whereas others are ...
... in macrophages and by formation of biofilm.36 Virulence factors of B trehalosi are not as well understood as those of many of the other BRD bacterial pathogens; however, there are many similarities with M haemolytica. Strains are encapsulated, and some strains are positive for LKT whereas others are ...
What is whooping cough? - Royal Pharmaceutical Society
... Doctor’s now prescribe antibiotics to individuals with confirmed or suspected whooping cough to contain the spread of infection. In addition to an effective vaccination program, prompt use of the antibiotic erythromycin for 14 days shortens the infectious period, potentially reducing the transmissio ...
... Doctor’s now prescribe antibiotics to individuals with confirmed or suspected whooping cough to contain the spread of infection. In addition to an effective vaccination program, prompt use of the antibiotic erythromycin for 14 days shortens the infectious period, potentially reducing the transmissio ...
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE THREATS in the United States, 2013
... Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013 is a snapshot of the complex problem of antibiotic resistance today and the potentially catastrophic consequences of inaction. The overriding purpose of this report is to increase awareness of the threat that antibiotic resistance poses and to ...
... Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013 is a snapshot of the complex problem of antibiotic resistance today and the potentially catastrophic consequences of inaction. The overriding purpose of this report is to increase awareness of the threat that antibiotic resistance poses and to ...
Pre-meeting document. - Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board
... carriers of the virus. The age at the time of infection is an important determinant of the risk of becoming a chronic carrier. Infants infected within the first six months of life have a 80-90% carrier risk, compared to a 10% carrier risk of infections in adults. As many as 25% of children infected ...
... carriers of the virus. The age at the time of infection is an important determinant of the risk of becoming a chronic carrier. Infants infected within the first six months of life have a 80-90% carrier risk, compared to a 10% carrier risk of infections in adults. As many as 25% of children infected ...
Strep Throat - Sun Prairie Area School District
... The two major complications of streptococcal pharyngitis are rheumatic fever and post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. Rheumatic fever is a serious complication that may rarely occur among untreated cases of streptococcal pharyngitis. Symptoms of rheumatic fever may include symptoms of heart failur ...
... The two major complications of streptococcal pharyngitis are rheumatic fever and post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. Rheumatic fever is a serious complication that may rarely occur among untreated cases of streptococcal pharyngitis. Symptoms of rheumatic fever may include symptoms of heart failur ...
Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax)
... body through small breaks in the skin. This form of the disease is characterized by a sore at the point of infection that develops into a painless ulcer covered by a black scab (eschar). Cutaneous anthrax accounts for approximately 95% of all reported human anthrax cases. Cutaneous anthrax could als ...
... body through small breaks in the skin. This form of the disease is characterized by a sore at the point of infection that develops into a painless ulcer covered by a black scab (eschar). Cutaneous anthrax accounts for approximately 95% of all reported human anthrax cases. Cutaneous anthrax could als ...
Mammary Gland
... only exception appears to be in cows which acquired a new infection with an environmental Streptococcus (e.g. Streptococcus uberis or Streptococcus dysgalactiae) during the dry period. In this case, identifying cows with new infections using the CMT test in the first three days of lactation and trea ...
... only exception appears to be in cows which acquired a new infection with an environmental Streptococcus (e.g. Streptococcus uberis or Streptococcus dysgalactiae) during the dry period. In this case, identifying cows with new infections using the CMT test in the first three days of lactation and trea ...
PIAS-KT Educational Outreach
... – HAP/VAP is 2nd most common nosocomial infection in Canada – 5th most common non-surgical reason for IH admission ...
... – HAP/VAP is 2nd most common nosocomial infection in Canada – 5th most common non-surgical reason for IH admission ...
18 Varicella (Chickenpox and Shingles)
... to 30 percent of their newborn infants. Although varicella is rarely fatal, half the deaths from chickenpox in infants aged less than 12 months occur during the first month of life. Nosocomial varicella is a serious problem in hospitals, particularly paediatric and neonatal units, with large numbers ...
... to 30 percent of their newborn infants. Although varicella is rarely fatal, half the deaths from chickenpox in infants aged less than 12 months occur during the first month of life. Nosocomial varicella is a serious problem in hospitals, particularly paediatric and neonatal units, with large numbers ...
Vaccine Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network
... companies have helped to significantly increase access to highquality vaccines, at affordable prices, for people who need them most, in the poorest countries of the world. Collectively, network members have the technologies, knowhow, and capacity to produce more than 40 vaccines types. They have cont ...
... companies have helped to significantly increase access to highquality vaccines, at affordable prices, for people who need them most, in the poorest countries of the world. Collectively, network members have the technologies, knowhow, and capacity to produce more than 40 vaccines types. They have cont ...
Emphasizing Military Vaccination Programs
... System (800 -822-7967, www.fda.gov/cber/vaers/vaers.html). The FDA and CDC monitor these reports weekly for routine safety purposes. Why do immunization recommendations change from time to time? Scientists routinely develop new vaccines or new recipes for existing vaccines. As these improvements are ...
... System (800 -822-7967, www.fda.gov/cber/vaers/vaers.html). The FDA and CDC monitor these reports weekly for routine safety purposes. Why do immunization recommendations change from time to time? Scientists routinely develop new vaccines or new recipes for existing vaccines. As these improvements are ...
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
... systematic destruction of CD4+ cells over a period of years. The drop in CD4+ T cell numbers to low levels leads to individuals developing symptoms including weight loss, low-grade fevers, night sweats, frequent fungal infections and eventually various opportunistic infections and malignancies, whic ...
... systematic destruction of CD4+ cells over a period of years. The drop in CD4+ T cell numbers to low levels leads to individuals developing symptoms including weight loss, low-grade fevers, night sweats, frequent fungal infections and eventually various opportunistic infections and malignancies, whic ...
Varicella-zoster (chickenpox) vaccines for Australian children
... Chickenpox is usually a self-limiting disease most commonly resulting in a general malaise, fever and vesicular rash. Complications of chickenpox infection occur in approximately 1% of cases, with the most common being secondary bacterial infection of the skin lesions. Other complications include pn ...
... Chickenpox is usually a self-limiting disease most commonly resulting in a general malaise, fever and vesicular rash. Complications of chickenpox infection occur in approximately 1% of cases, with the most common being secondary bacterial infection of the skin lesions. Other complications include pn ...
How To Weaponize Anthrax? - Eastern Journal of Medicine
... small numbers of people were to be targeted. Specific recommendations include diagnosis of anthrax infection, indications for vaccination, therapy, postexposure prophylaxis, decontamination of the environment, and suggested research. Standard precautions are recommended for patient care. There is no ...
... small numbers of people were to be targeted. Specific recommendations include diagnosis of anthrax infection, indications for vaccination, therapy, postexposure prophylaxis, decontamination of the environment, and suggested research. Standard precautions are recommended for patient care. There is no ...
190.14 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Testing (Diagnosis)
... individual viral components. The most commonly used method is the Western Blot. The HIV-1 core antigen (p24) test detects circulating viral antigen which may be found prior to the development of antibodies and may also be present in later stages of illness in the form of recurrent or persistent anti ...
... individual viral components. The most commonly used method is the Western Blot. The HIV-1 core antigen (p24) test detects circulating viral antigen which may be found prior to the development of antibodies and may also be present in later stages of illness in the form of recurrent or persistent anti ...
Incidence and Risk Factors of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections
... defined as reservoir CSF pleocytosis in the cases who presented with fever and neurologic symptoms although CSF culture did not grow a pathogen (4, 6). Treatment of shunt infection When shunt infection was suspected, we used a management protocol which was previously suggested with minor modificatio ...
... defined as reservoir CSF pleocytosis in the cases who presented with fever and neurologic symptoms although CSF culture did not grow a pathogen (4, 6). Treatment of shunt infection When shunt infection was suspected, we used a management protocol which was previously suggested with minor modificatio ...
Elevated HMGB1-related interleukin
... to assess the levels of HMGB1 in plasma or sputum from active pulmonary tuberculosis (APTB) patients positive for Mtb culture test, and to evaluate its relationship with inflammatory cytokines and innate immune cells. A total of 36 sputum Mtb culture positive APTB patients and 32 healthy volunteers ...
... to assess the levels of HMGB1 in plasma or sputum from active pulmonary tuberculosis (APTB) patients positive for Mtb culture test, and to evaluate its relationship with inflammatory cytokines and innate immune cells. A total of 36 sputum Mtb culture positive APTB patients and 32 healthy volunteers ...
190.14 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Testing (Diagnosis)
... individual viral components. The most commonly used method is the Western Blot. The HIV-1 core antigen (p24) test detects circulating viral antigen which may be found prior to the development of antibodies and may also be present in later stages of illness in the form of recurrent or persistent anti ...
... individual viral components. The most commonly used method is the Western Blot. The HIV-1 core antigen (p24) test detects circulating viral antigen which may be found prior to the development of antibodies and may also be present in later stages of illness in the form of recurrent or persistent anti ...
Approach to chronic cough in children
... • radiograph should be obtained. If foreign body aspiration is suspected because of the age, clinical • presentation or history, frontal films should be obtained during both inspiration and expiration, to • evaluate for unilateral lung hyperinflation that would suggest airway obstruction. Similar in ...
... • radiograph should be obtained. If foreign body aspiration is suspected because of the age, clinical • presentation or history, frontal films should be obtained during both inspiration and expiration, to • evaluate for unilateral lung hyperinflation that would suggest airway obstruction. Similar in ...
Pertussis vaccines for Australians
... of each pregnancy. The optimal time for vaccination is early in the third trimester (between 28 and 32 weeks). However, the vaccine can be given at any time during the third trimester up to delivery. Vaccination during pregnancy protects the newborn, especially in the first 6 weeks of life, via anti ...
... of each pregnancy. The optimal time for vaccination is early in the third trimester (between 28 and 32 weeks). However, the vaccine can be given at any time during the third trimester up to delivery. Vaccination during pregnancy protects the newborn, especially in the first 6 weeks of life, via anti ...
Combination Vaccines: Defining and Addressing Current Safety
... births or in more developed countries. I believe that the adverse effect from high-titer vaccines was associated with increased exposure to multiple other infections that children in impoverished developing country populations encounter early in life, along with possible contributions from underlyin ...
... births or in more developed countries. I believe that the adverse effect from high-titer vaccines was associated with increased exposure to multiple other infections that children in impoverished developing country populations encounter early in life, along with possible contributions from underlyin ...
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB (short for tubercle bacillus), in the past also called phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, or consumption, is a widespread, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis typically attacks the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. It is spread through the air when people who have an active TB infection cough, sneeze, or otherwise transmit respiratory fluids through the air. Most infections do not have symptoms, known as latent tuberculosis. About one in ten latent infections eventually progresses to active disease which, if left untreated, kills more than 50% of those so infected.The classic symptoms of active TB infection are a chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss (the last of these giving rise to the formerly common term for the disease, ""consumption""). Infection of other organs causes a wide range of symptoms. Diagnosis of active TB relies on radiology (commonly chest X-rays), as well as microscopic examination and microbiological culture of body fluids. Diagnosis of latent TB relies on the tuberculin skin test (TST) and/or blood tests. Treatment is difficult and requires administration of multiple antibiotics over a long period of time. Household, workplace and social contacts are also screened and treated if necessary. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem in multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) infections. Prevention relies on early detection and treatment of cases and on screening programs and vaccination with the bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine.One-third of the world's population is thought to have been infected with M. tuberculosis, and new infections occur in about 1% of the population each year. In 2007, an estimated 13.7 million chronic cases were active globally, while in 2013, an estimated 9 million new cases occurred. In 2013 there were between 1.3 and 1.5 million associated deaths, most of which occurred in developing countries. The total number of tuberculosis cases has been decreasing since 2006, and new cases have decreased since 2002. The rate of tuberculosis in different areas varies across the globe; about 80% of the population in many Asian and African countries tests positive in tuberculin tests, while only 5–10% of the United States population tests positive. More people in the developing world contract tuberculosis because of a poor immune system, largely due to high rates of HIV infection and the corresponding development of AIDS.