Bacteriophage therapy successful in treating cystic fibrosis patient's Mycobacteria lung infection
Bacteriophages – viruses that kill bacteria–were successfully used for the first time to treat an antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection to allow a cystic fibrosis patient to rece...
17 Touko 202223min
Polio in Israel with Dr. Stephen Berger
In early March, the Israel Ministry of Health reported on a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) case in an unvaccinated child from Jerusalem. Since then, a number of additional case...
20 Huhti 202225min
Chagas disease in dogs
Chagas disease is also known as "American Trypanosomiasis." It's caused by a blood parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted by kissing bugs. Chagas disease affects people as well as dog...
1 Maalis 202213min
Malaria and illegal gold mining
My guest today writes, "In many places around the world, malaria is closely linked to illegal gold mining" in a recent article in the BMC blog, BugBitten titled, "A story of two fevers: when malaria i...
7 Helmi 202218min
Microbiology and the Clinical Laboratory Scientist
In previous interviews, I've looked at the topic of what is a clinical laboratory scientist during the annual Lab Week observance. Today, I want to narrow the topic to the specialty of Microbiology in...
17 Tammi 202218min
Whooping cough: Why are rates on the rise again?
Whooping cough, or pertussis was one of the most common childhood diseases and a major cause of childhood mortality in the United States in the last century. Before the availability of pertussis vacci...
14 Tammi 202212min
Omicron variant: What do we know and don't know with Michael Osterholm, PhD
Mutations happen with viruses all the time and the Omicron COVID-19 variant is the latest and is receiving a lot of media attention. Today is December 1, 2021, a very short time since the first cases ...
1 Joulu 202115min
Gonorrhea: An unusual, accidental and non-sexual case with Prof. Felicity Goodyear-Smith
In a recent article published in the Journal of Medical Case Reports, the authors report the unusual case of a girl diagnosed with Neisseria gonorrhoeae after bathing in a heavily frequented hot pool ...
21 Marras 202120min
