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US Girl, 7, Undergoes Several Amputation Due To Rare Bacterial Disease
A 7-year-old girl in the United States has had several limbs amputated over the last two weeks after contracting a rare bacterial disease.
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WHO Urges Vaccine Against Bacteria Killing 150,000 Babies Each Year
The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for the urgent development of a vaccine against a bacterial infection responsible for nearly 150,000 stillbirths and infant deaths each year.
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Breast Milk Sugar May Protect Babies Against Deadly Infection
A type of sugar found in some women's breast milk may protect babies from a potentially life threatening bacterium, a new study has found.
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Drug-resistant Streptococcus
The Streptococcus (bacteria) which causes acute infections of the throat, upper respiratory tract and other organs appears to be gaining resistance to a widely used class of antibiotics. This class of antibiotics called macrolides includes among others erythromycin and clarithromycin and is used in the treatment of group A streptococci infections....
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US Girl, 7, Undergoes Several Amputation Due To Rare Bacterial Disease
A 7-year-old girl in the United States has had several limbs amputated over the last two weeks after contracting a rare bacterial disease.
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WHO Urges Vaccine Against Bacteria Killing 150,000 Babies Each Year
The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for the urgent development of a vaccine against a bacterial infection responsible for nearly 150,000 stillbirths and infant deaths each year.
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Breast Milk Sugar May Protect Babies Against Deadly Infection
A type of sugar found in some women's breast milk may protect babies from a potentially life threatening bacterium, a new study has found.
-
Drug-resistant Streptococcus
The Streptococcus (bacteria) which causes acute infections of the throat, upper respiratory tract and other organs appears to be gaining resistance to a widely used class of antibiotics. This class of antibiotics called macrolides includes among others erythromycin and clarithromycin and is used in the treatment of group A streptococci infections....
