* Taiwanese runner loses both her legs after ultramarathon Sep 10, 2008
Chiu was diagnosed with septicemia, also called blood poisoning, a potentially life-threatening infection, and was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Montpellier. Doctors removed her left leg and the sole of her right foot on Aug. 31, and amputated her right leg last Monday to stop the infection from spreading. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Curse of Tutankhamen Aug 31, 2008
An infected mosquito bite caused blood poisoning. . (Suite101.com)
Oh No, not again! Aug 17, 2008
While the unluckiest man in 2004 kept his unwanted title in 2008, Chinese netizens immediately compared the American shooter to Canadian doctor Norman Bethume, who helped Chinese fight Japanese invading troops in the 1930s and died of blood poisoning from a cut he received when performing surgery. "Thank you, Emmons! You are a Bethume," said a message on popular Chinese news portal Xinhuanet. (Xinhuanet, China)
Alberto Achacaz Walakial, member of dwindling tribe Aug 7, 2008
SANTIAGO, Chile - Alberto Achacaz Walakial, one of the last surviving members of the nomadic Kaweskar tribe that once plied the waters off Chile's Patagonian coast, has died of blood poisoning, local media reported Tuesday. Government documents listed Mr. Achacaz's age at 79, but some believe he was close to 90. (Boston Globe)
A summer adventure Aug 6, 2008
He had the beginnings of blood poisoning and the doctor gave Billy a shot of some new kind of medicine called penicillin. It was supposed to be a miracle drug guaranteed to rid the body of any disease. (Albany Herald)
Barnwell found at fault for care Jul 23, 2008
Septic shock occurs when someone without a strong immune system suffers from an infection that leads to blood poisoning and, in this case, death. The suit alleged that on several occasions Lagai had an extremely low body temperature, which was never reported to doctors, as well as lesions and bed sores that weren t properly treated. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Warning: the truth about body piercing Jun 17, 2008
Two years earlier, a coroner issued a warning after a 17-year-old died from blood poisoning two months after having his bottom lip pierced in Sheffield. Jarvis says that the RCGP has noted a rise in blood-borne infections, such as hepatitis B and C and HIV, have also been linked to the growing popularity of body-art procedures. (Times Online)
Healing wounds Jun 15, 2008
"If this flesh and skin is not restored or rebuilt, then infection can rapidly set in, leading to limb amputation and, in the worst case scenario, blood poisoning can lead to death. "Our experience from two earthquakes is that you can save many limbs. " Bookmark with: RELATED BBC LINKS RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites E-MAILED Are you going forward? Then stop now Record price for Indian painting Mugabe pledges to fight 'lackeys' Anger... (BBC News -- UK)
US enjoys lower infant mortality, decreasing death rate since 2006 Jun 12, 2008
Septicemia or blood poisoning (2. 7 percent). (WorldNetDaily)
U.S. Life Expectancy Hits Record High Jun 12, 2008
8 percent), septicemia or blood poisoning (2. 7 percent), cancer (1. (ABC News)
Health and Science Briefs Jun 10, 2008
In addition to nausea, diarrhea and vomiting, food-borne illness can cause blood poisoning, inflammation of the lining of the brain, kidney failure, paralysis and death, especially in infants and children, elderly, pregnant women and people with compromised immunity. Preparing and serving food for a large group in a location other than what you are used to can be a real challenge. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Neglect blamed for maternity unit death at Northwick Park Hospital May 31, 2008
Zahra Ghaznavi, 28, from Wembley, north London, died in March from multiple organ failure triggered by blood poisoning. She was also infected with the flesh-eating bacteria necrotising fasciitis. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Tainted Drug Imports Set Off Warnings That U.S. Regulators Didn't Follow May 31, 2008
Bliley cited deaths that may have been linked to a counterfeit ingredient from China in gentamicin sulfate, an antibiotic to treat infections such as blood poisoning. The agency's commissioner at the time, , said that while policing drug imports was a priority, agency budget requests were routinely reduced by the White House or Congress. (Bloomberg)
Germ clue to tragic 'cot death' babies May 30, 2008
These germs, including two common microbes, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, are part of a pathogenic group that can cause blood poisoning yet now show the focus of infection. The presence of these germs in the samples is not proof in itself that they caused the babies' deaths. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Montana History Almanac - Chance piece of bedrock nets $30M in gold May 26, 2008
Blood poisoning, the priest judges. Stuart had treated the wound with Merchants Gargling Oil, "a liniment good for man and beast," which he'd obtained at the Worden tore in Gold Creek. (Missoulian, MT)
Boy, 12, inspires with his attitude (28) May 17, 2008
Three years ago, at the age of 9, he developed sepsis, or blood poisoning, and lost both his legs below the knee, his right hand and most of his left hand. But that hasnt slowed him down. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Drug-Resistant Superbug Genome Sequenced May 9, 2008
There are approximately 1,000 reports of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Steno) blood poisoning in the UK each year, with a mortality rate of about 30. The organism is also found in the lungs of many adults with cystic fibrosis, and causes ventilator-associated pneumonias, particularly in elderly intensive-care patients. (Science Daily)
Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance May 9, 2008
It is responsible for roughly 1,000 cases of Steno blood poisoning in the U.K. annually. About 30 percent of these infections prove fatal. (Health-Finder)
Warning over hospital infection May 8, 2008
There are currently less than 1,000 reports of Steno blood poisoning in the UK a year - a third of which are fatal. But the Genome Biology study warns it may eventually prove harder to treat than superbugs such as MRSA.. (BBC News -- Health)
Superbug Kills A Third Of Infected May 8, 2008
"If infected, patients can develop blood poisoning or in some cases pneumonia. Advertisement Some 1,000 cases of blood poisoning caused by Steno are reported in the UK each year. Of these, almost a third are fatal.Researchers say the microbe is able to grow into a 'biofilm' which can cover equipment such as catheters or ventilation tubes.The biofilm is said to be difficult to remove by normal hospital cleaning.From such surfaces, the superbug is able to enter a patient's bloodstream or lungs -... (Sky News)
Surge in cases of superbug that is harder to tackle than MRSA May 8, 2008
After entering the body through tubes used for feeding, breathing or draining urine, the bug quickly multiplies, causing blood poisoning that proves fatal in around 30 per cent of cases. Dr Avison, who has unravelled Steno's genetic sequence, said: 'This is one of a number of organisms that is becoming increasingly common as we keep people alive longer in an iller and iller state. (Daily Mail)
A bad germ gets worse May 3, 2008
Doctors told Warren shed contracted the NAP1 type of the bacteria, a mutated version that produces roughly 20 times the toxins responsible for illnesses ranging from simple diarrhea to blood poisoning and death. Its like a science fiction disease, said Warren, who struggled for six months through three relapses before controlling the infection. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
In praise of pacifism May 3, 2008
Isherwood answered with Aldous Huxley's point: "Civilisation dies anyhow of blood poisoning the moment it takes up its enemies' weapons and exchanges crime for crime." Baker's contention is that when people fight fascism they descend to its moral level. By killing in cold blood as many as possible of their own species who have never offended them, as Swift said, they shed their humanity and become as feral as their foes. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
U.S. Hospital Incidence of C. Difficile Soars May 2, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal government figures show a steep spike in U.S. cases of a common but serious infection that gives hospital patients sometimes deadly diarrhea and blood poisoning. They show a 200 percent increase in the number of hospital patients infected with Clostridium difficile, or C. difficile, from 2000 to 2005. (MEDLINEplus)
Seven boss Leckie awakes from coma Apr 22, 2008
He had contracted severe blood poisoning over complications to his left little finger - which was almost severed in an accident involving his garage door six weeks ago. David's sense of humour is in place,'' Seven executive chairman Kerry Stokes said. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Leckie making 'positive recovery' Apr 22, 2008
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Workaholic Leckie seriously ill Apr 20, 2008
Today, after two skin grafts and a potentially fatal bout of blood poisoning, one of Australian television's most powerful figures and father of two young sons is lying unconscious in the intensive care unit of Sydney's St Vincent's Private Hospital, breathing with the help of a ventilator. He is the victim, say worried colleagues, of his own workaholic ways. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Banff film tour gets Dahl festival rolling Apr 19, 2008
Australian national champion Craig Gordon challenges Chris to a level of intensity and exhaustion that leaves one rider with severe blood poisoning. n Balance (Canada, 2006, 11 minutes). (Rapid City Journal, SD)
'She saved my life' Apr 15, 2008
Every year, 3,000 cases of meningitis and septicaemia - the blood poisoning form of the disease - are reported in the UK. The Meningitis Trust estimates that this is just half the number that actually occur. Meningitis kills 10% of those diagnosed with it; a further 15% are left with brain damage, epilepsy or limb loss. (Guardian Unlimited -- Society)
Inquiry into deaths of three new mothers Apr 14, 2008
She died on March 20 from multi-organ failure caused by blood poisoning. Wahid Hamraz, a family friend, said: "This is not something you expect in a country like Britain. Maybe in the Third World but not here.". (Telegraph.co.uk)
'Alien'-type Viruses May Be Able To Treat MRSA Apr 3, 2008
This limits the risk of blood poisoning, which can be life threatening. Immobilising the bacteriophages onto sutures -- the hospital thread used to stitch up patients during operations -- immediately kills some of the bacteria that would otherwise infect the wound. (Science Daily)
Superbug MRSA spreading fast, report warns Mar 27, 2008
Symptoms can vary from a blotch of reddened skin - treatable with a topical antibiotic - to blood poisoning, decayed lungs and infected heart valves after what may have begun as an innocuous hospital visit. Marie-Marthe Becigneul, 48, of Orford in the Eastern Townships of Quebec is a living example of the devastation an MRSA infection can bring. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Old blood, bad blood Mar 20, 2008
A study of 9,000 heart surgery patients in the United States now suggests that using blood older than 2 weeks for transfusion ups a patients chances of blood poisoning and organ failure, making him or her 64% more likely to die than those who get newer blood (). Those given older blood had a 2. (Nature News Service)
Family files suit in case of Mini-Cassia jail inmate death Mar 5, 2008
Montoya, who was being held at the jail for a felony probation violation, slipped into a coma at the jail the morning of March 31, 2006, and later died from blood poisoning. Hours earlier, on the evening of March 30, her condition had deteriorated to the point that other inmates used a call box to complain to the jail s control center about her symptoms, said Kent Jensen, the family s attorney. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Bumper GP Contracts 'Bad For Taxpayers' Feb 28, 2008
Failings in the out-of-hours GP system has led to the death of a 41-year-old woman from blood poisoning. A report details how eight doctors mis-diagnosed Penny Campbell hours before she died. (Sky News)
Man Tells Wife Off, Rouses Her From Coma Feb 23, 2008
Yvonne Sullivan, 28, of the English seaside resort town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset suffered severe blood poisoning during childbirth July 5. The baby, named Clinton, died after the 14-hour labor and Sullivan fell into a coma moments later, according to the report. (Fox News)
Tracking global E.coli 'crucial' Feb 20, 2008
A system must be set up to monitor the global spread of a drug-resistant form of E.coli which can cause fatal blood poisoning, Canadian scientists urge ... Blood poisoning cases caused by E. coli more than doubled in the UK between 1995-2005, and a small but increasing number of those were drug-resistant. (BBC News -- Health)
Wife: Vasectomy Killed My Husband Feb 13, 2008
The healthy 37-year-old British man had contracted septicemia, a type of blood poisoning, after undergoing the male sterilization procedure, The Daily Mail reported. Septicemia is a little-talked-about complication of surgery and illness that kills some 37,000 people a year, including "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve, former Bee Gee Maurice Gibb and Pope John Paul II, according to The Daily Mail. (Fox News -- Politics)
A star's death can be a boost or a hurdle for a film Feb 8, 2008
Rudolph Valentino, the king of silent films, died at 31 of a perforated ulcer and blood poisoning after 1926's Son of the Sheik (now generally regarded as his best film) opened in big cities. United Artists rushed it into a hugely successful general release just two weeks later to capitalize on the national frenzy. (USA Today -- Life)
Ottawa targets hospital superbugs Feb 4, 2008
Symptoms can vary from a blotch of reddened skin treatable with a topical antibiotic to a merciless attack that causes blood poisoning, decayed lungs, pneumonia and infected heart valves. The superbug has made significant inroads in Canada, where the rate of those colonized and infected over the past decade has increased tenfold. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Improving careThe X-ray system changing the way the NHS treats patients Feb 2, 2008
" "With intussusception resection there is also a risk for sepsis (blood poisoning) from necrotic (dead) bowel during resection. " However, the new Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs), recently introduced throughout the NHS, came to his rescue. One of the main benefits of Pacs is that it allows clinicians to share images with their colleagues in different locations, to view a patient's history, compare new images with old, and collaborate on a diagnosis. Dr Somers took advantage... (BBC News -- UK)
Health Highlights: Jan. 30, 2008 Jan 31, 2008
The majority of these convulsion cases weren't caused by epilepsy, but by fever, stroke, infection, blood poisoning stemming from kidney failure (uremia), high or low blood sugar, low blood sodium levels, and substance abuse. . (U.S. News & World Report)
A brave new world awaits viewers at Banff Film Fest Jan 30, 2008
Dark horse Craig Gordon, who is the Australian national champion, challenges Chris to a level of intensity and exhaustion that leaves one rider with severe blood poisoning. Committed: To Grit. (Wood River Journal, ID)
Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in Wild Arctic Birds Jan 25, 2008
"Many of these antibiotics are used at hospitals against severe infections such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, or septicemia [blood poisoning]," Olsen said. He and his team report their findings in the January issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. (National Geographic)
Meningitis: Facts, Symptoms Jan 25, 2008
In some cases the meningococcal bacteria that can cause meningitis can also cause septicaemia or blood poisoning. Septicaemia can develop very quickly. (WNBC.com, NY)
Doctors treating Indonesia's Suharto more optimistic Jan 19, 2008
Another doctor, Harryanto Reksodiputro, said only a small amount of fluid remained in the lungs and signs of blood poisoning had fallen ... But doctors say they have been having success fending off potentially fatal pneumonia and blood poisoning. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Flesh-eating bug spreads among gays Jan 19, 2008
The bug, which is spreading rapidly among homosexual men in several major US cities, can cause boils as large as tennis balls, blood poisoning or a necrotising condition that eats away at the lungs. The newspaper said the type of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was identified in gay men in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los Angeles. (The Australian)
Gordon Brown Wants Your Organs Jan 17, 2008
Pseudomonas bacteria - commonly known as septicemia or blood poisoning - breed in water and spread via contaminated medical equipment. Patients who contract pseudomonas have a 20 per cent chance of survival. (Human Events Online)
Deadly form of MRSA emerges Jan 16, 2008
The new strain can lead to blood poisoning ... It causes large boils on the skin, and in severe cases can lead to fatal blood poisoning or necrotising pneumonia, which eats away at the lungs. (BBC News -- Health)
New Treatment Boosts Bone Healing And Regrowth Jan 13, 2008
DF is used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including iron overload, transfusion-related blood poisoning and in combination with dialysis. In the findings on post-treatment increased bone density, the UAB researchers found significant increases in the number of new blood vessels, and excellent connectivity between those vessels. (Science Daily)
Linton gets it done in fourth Jan 13, 2008
A blister on the ball of Schneider's right foot developed blood poisoning and required minor surgery. He was sidelined for 10 days, returning to practice last Wednesday. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Ray's 'first annual' predictions Dec 28, 2007
In the world of sports, an NBA player will be arrested for marijuana possession; a second NBA player will announce he has blood poisoning from one too many tattoos. A National Football League player will be arrested following a shooting outside a night club, and a Major League Baseball player will exclaim, "I didn't have sex with that woman, I'm not gay and I didn't do no steroids!" after failing a drug test. (Carmi Times, IL)
Feel-good apology of little use to young dead from abuse Dec 6, 2007
The cause of death was "acute septicaemia" or blood poisoning caused by an infection of the thigh bone, which began as a boil, easily treatable. An orthopaedic specialist told the court the case was unknown outside countries such as Rwanda, East Timor or Bougainville. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Antibiotic-resistant infection takes toll in US Dec 5, 2007
Staph, or Staphylococcus aurreus, are a kind of bacteria that infect wounds and cause life-threatening infections, such as blood poisoning and pneumonia. MRSA are "superbugs" that have evolved resistance to most commonly used antibiotics, so they are more difficult and expensive to treat. (Daily News & Analysis)
Study ranks hospital mortality rates Dec 2, 2007
The measure looked at 65 diagnoses that account for 80 per cent of in-hospital deaths including the top five: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and septicemia, which is blood poisoning. Data were adjusted for age, gender, urgent versus planned hospital admissions, whether patients were transferred from another hospital, the length of stay and other health problems, to name a few. (Globe and Mail)
A big day for Uranquinty's favourite son Nov 24, 2007
Bert also became husband to Margaret De Vere and father to three sons and a daughter before he died in hospital in 1969 from blood poisoning after crashing his car while apparently drunk. Kevin Michael Rudd, politician, is Bert Rudd's youngest son. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
'Castaway' infection almost killed Hanks Nov 20, 2007
Hanks says, "He said, 'I have to put you in the hospital as soon as possible... because you're about an hour away from having blood poisoning that will kill you.". Copyright World Entertainment News Network. (FOX23.com, OK)
Death toll from third superbug soars Nov 18, 2007
There are no official statistics on the number of deaths from Pseudomonas, but Professor Mark Enright, an expert on healthcare-acquired infections at Imperial College London, estimates that it kills 'at least hundreds a year', especially those who get blood poisoning as a result ... A senior doctor at the hospital has told Nell, a 40-year-old plumber from Luton, that the near-fatal blood poisoning that he developed had been started by Pseudomonas carried on a microscope that doctors put inside... (Guardian Unlimited)
Sex and age affect access to critical care Nov 16, 2007
Women are also less likely to undergo mechanical ventilation to help with breathing, as well as pulmonary artery catheterization, a technique for detecting life-threatening conditions such as heart failure or blood poisoning. Further, when women do spend time in ICU, they are discharged earlier, but end up spending more time in hospital over all. (Globe and Mail)
New Superbug Invades British Hospitals Nov 13, 2007
GRE (glycopeptides-resistant enterococcal) is a form of enterococci bacteria, which is found in the bowels, and it infects wounds, causes blood poisoning and infections of the urinary tract, abdomen, pelvis, and heart valves. Infections in Great Britain have skyrocketed 50 percent in only two years. (Newsmax)
Revealed: The superbug's superbug Nov 12, 2007
CA-MRSA causes severe skin infections, including "flesh-eating" necrotising fasciitis, and potentially fatal blood poisoning. It is now the cause of the majority of infections that result in trips to the emergency room in US hospitals, the New England Journal of Medicine reported last year. (iAfrica.com)
Don't sell short football players of 100 years ago Nov 9, 2007
It cites as causes of death among players: body blows, injuries to the spine, concussion of the brain and blood poisoning. "All the college and high school games were played under the new rules adopted at the closing of 1905 season to satisfy the demand of less dangerous football."In that year and preceding ones, the casualties fell heaviest on high school players, who played the game exactly as it was played by the college men. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Support for child chickenpox jabs Nov 8, 2007
Problems included blood poisoning and pneumonia and did not just affect those with other health problems, said teams including health experts from Scotland ... They found that the complications varied widely, with the most common being bacterial blood poisoning, pneumonia and encephalitis, and loss of muscle control. (BBC News -- UK)
The Boy King, Tutankhamun, faces the world after 3,000 years Nov 8, 2007
- Lord Carnarvon died seven weeks after the tomb was found, probably because of blood poisoning caused by a mosquito bite. Others blamed his death on the curse of Tutankhamun. (Yahoo News -- Anthropology and Archaeology)
Chickenpox jab should be added to MMR, scientists say Nov 8, 2007
The study found 112 cases over 13 months where children suffered severe complications, which required hospital treatment for conditions such as pneumonia, blood poisoning, encephalitis, ataxia (loss of control of limbs), toxic shock and the flesh-eating bug necrotising fasciitis. Five of the children died, although four had pre-existing medical conditions - including one case of HIV.. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
