Legionnaires' disease blamed for 2 Ill. deaths Nov 8, 2009
Legionnaires' disease blamed for 2 Ill. Legionnaires' disease blamed for 2 Ill. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Researchers identify mechanism that helps bacteria avoid destruction in cells Oct 10, 2009
Intracellular pathogens include Chlamydia, which causes infertility in women, and Legionella, which causes Legionnaire's disease. These pathogens are able to escape destruction and remain in the cells. (EurekAlert!)
Shower heads may be bad for health Sep 15, 2009
BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Taking showers may be bad for your health, since dirty shower heads can deliver a face full of harmful bacteria, warn U.S. scientists, according to media reports Tuesday. It is revealed that nearly a third of the shower heads in their test harbour significant levels of Mycobacterium avium, which forms a biofilm that clings to the inside of the device and can cause lung disease. (Xinhuanet, China)
Study: Showerheads may deliver bacteria blast Sep 15, 2009
Study: Showerheads may deliver blast of bacteria - CNN.com. Study: Showerheads may deliver blast of bacteria. (CNN)
Showerheads may harbor bacteria dangerous to some Sep 15, 2009
Some showerheads harbor disease-causing bacteria - USATODAY.com. Some showerheads harbor disease-causing bacteria. (USA Today -- Tech)
Taking showers can make you ill, scientists say Sep 15, 2009
Page last updated at 23:06 GMT, Monday, 14 September 2009 00:06 UK. Taking showers 'can make you ill. (BBC News -- Americas)
Structure Of Antibiotic Ramoplanin Reveals Promising Mechanism Aug 6, 2009
5, 2009) With the "last resort" antibiotic Vancomycin now plagued by the first signs of bacterial resistance, a scientific collaboration centered at Duke University has identified how a candidate successor antibiotic known as Ramoplanin A2 can kill pathogenic bacteria by interrupting how they form their cell membranes. During a 12-year quest, the research team had to learn how to crystallize Ramoplanin's molecular structure at the crucial time and place that it interacts with the bacterium's... (Science Daily)
Sanctions sought against The Dillard House Jul 3, 2009
" James Orlando, a paralegal for the plaintiff, noted such action was odd since the TRO ordered the status quo of the environment would be maintained.Orlando had checked into the cottage Aug. 28 and obtained samples of the water tub, 20 days after the death of Stuart Hecht. According to the report provided by PathCon Laboratories, water from the spa tub had an "extremely high amount" of legionella bacteria, measured at 3,690 colony forming units per milliliter. PathCon, which was founded by two... (Clayton Tribune, GA)
Ventre:Wake up Lakers! May 5, 2009
Ventre: Determined Rockets catch Lakers napping - NBA- nbcsports. Determined Rockets catch Lakers napping. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Orthodoxy On How Macrophages Kill Bacteria Overturned With New Study Apr 29, 2009
28, 2009) For decades, microbiologists assumed that macrophages, immune cells that can engulf and poison bacteria and other pathogens, killed microbes by damaging their DNA. A new study from the University of Illinois disproves that. The study, published in the journal PLoS One, shows that macrophages focus their most potent poisons, known as reactive oxygen species (ROS), on targets outside the cytoplasm. (Science Daily)
New Insight Into An Old Reaction: Adenylylation Regulates Cell Signaling Apr 18, 2009
17, 2009) A new study reveals the importance of adenylylation in the regulation of cell signaling from bacteria to higher organisms. The research, published in the April 10th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, provides new insight into bacterial pathogenesis and opens intriguing avenues for exploring post-translational modifications in eukaryotic cells. (Science Daily)
Bioinformatics Sheds Light On Evolutionary Origin Of Rickettsia Virulence Genes Mar 20, 2009
19, 2009) Scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the University of Louisville have revealed that genes for a specific type of molecular secretion system in Rickettsia, a structure that is linked in many cases to virulence, have been conserved over many years of evolution. The scientists compared the gene sequences of 13 Rickettsia species to detect a highly conserved type IV secretion system. (Science Daily)
Grady Hospital Mar 15, 2009
Budget in red, forecast cloudy. Grady Memorial Hospital is one of the few remaining public hospitals in the United States, providing medical care for the poor and uninsured. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Hospital Rooms Reopen After Legionnaire's Detected Mar 3, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta's largest hospital is ready to begin moving patients back into rooms where the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease was recently detected. A spokeswoman on Monday said Grady Memorial Hospital is ready to reopen 11th-floor rooms, after test results that show an intensive cleaning worked. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Metro Atlanta hospitals Feb 24, 2009
Where health care matters. Hospitals are a big presence in metro Atlanta. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
No Hot Tell-All In Ford Future Feb 13, 2009
Among the claims Olender had promised to spill were that Charlotte Ford "was ashamed of Elena," how Elena "at the age of 14 ran wild at Studio 54," and how Henry Ford II didn't die of Legionnaire's disease, but fell and cracked his head open while on a "heavy diet of meds and booze.". . (New York Post -- Gossip)
Atlanta hospital finds Legionnaire's bacteria Feb 13, 2009
ATLANTA Atlanta's largest hospital has found the bacteria that cause Legionnaire's disease in patients' rooms, and officials said Thursday it likely sickened four people who were treated there. Lab tests showed legionella bacteria in water samples taken from Grady Memorial Hospital rooms on two floors where the patients came down with the disease since Jan. 1, said Dr. Leon Haley, the hospital's deputy chief of staff. (Yahoo News)
Legionnaires' patients recovering; Grady may be source Feb 9, 2009
Grady Memorial Hospital itself is the most likely source of the Legionnaires disease that has sickened four patients since Jan. 1, but results from water tests inside the hospital will not be ready until Monday ... Dr. Susan Lance, a state epidemiologist, said the patients diagnosed with Legionnaires disease appear to have no ties other than their treatment at the hospital in downtown Atlanta ... On average, Grady treats two or three patients a year for Legionnaires disease contracted elsewhere,... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Legionnaires' disease found in 4 Grady patients Feb 8, 2009
Legionnaires disease found in 4 Grady patients ... Grady Memorial Hospital officials are investigating a spike in Legionnaires disease ... Those most vulnerable to Legionnaires disease are patients with serious medical conditions such as organ transplant, chronic lung disease and HIV/AIDS.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
