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Scientists identify structure of key disease bacteria components A team of scientists from the UCL and Birkbeck Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB) have identified the structure of a key component of the bacteria behind such diseases as whooping cough, peptic stomach ulcers and Legionnaires’ disease. The research also sheds light on how antibiotic resistance genes spread from one bacterium to another. The research may help scientists develop novel treatments for these diseases and novel ways to curtail the spread of antibiotic resistance. ... more >> More than 100 different germs can cause pneumonia. Germs are often called micro-organisms. This means that they can't be seen without a microscope. Germs live everywhere: in the soil, air and water, and sometimes in your body. Pneumonia can be caused by bacteria, viruses or, more rarely, by a fungus ... more >> NHS safety blunders cost patients' lives Scalding hot bath water, unsafe windows and even potholes outside a hospital have claimed the lives of NHS patients, an official dossier has revealed. Others have suffered injury due to collapsing bed rails or been exposed to dangerous bacteria including tuberculosis because of a lack of basic safeguards ... more >> Legionella bacteria found in water at Scottish Parliament Bacteria which can cause deadly Legionnaires' disease was found in the water supply at the Scottish Parliament seven months ago, it was revealed today. Officials insisted there had been "no risk" to anyone in the Holyrood building and said the contaminated source was immediately isolated and cleaned following tests in June last year ... more >> A MAN from Sheffield has received a £20,000 out-of-court settlement
after catching a potentially fatal disease at work. Clinical predictors for Legionella in patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia Legionella species cause severe forms of pneumonia with high mortality and complication rates. Accurate clinical predictors to assess the likelihood of Legionella community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in patients presenting to the emergency department are lacking. Methods: We retrospectively compared clinical and laboratory data of 82 consecutive patients with Legionella CAP with 368 consecutive patients with non-Legionella CAP included in two studies at the same institution ... more >> Air-conditioning can spread germs Many of us in tropical Singapore, with its average humidity of 84 per cent, swear by the cool comforts of air-conditioning. However your health can be compromised, especially when an air-conditioning system (AC system) is not properly maintained ... more >> Legionella audit calls are irresponsible: Govt The Northern Territory Government says the Opposition is scare-mongering by calling for an audit of all public buildings after the detection of legionella bacteria at Parliament House. It was revealed last week that the air-conditioning system at Parliament House had been tested and found to have 400 times the safe level of the bacteria which can cause legionnaire's disease ... more >> Evidence that the intra-amoebal Legionella drancourtii acquired a sterol reductase gene from eukaryotes Free-living amoebae serve as a natural reservoir for some bacteria that have evolved into amoeba-resistant bacteria. Among these, some are strictly intra-amoebal, such as Candidatus "Protochlamydia amoebophila" (Candidatus "P. amoebophila"), whose genomic sequence is available. We sequenced the genome of Legionella drancourtii (L. drancourtii), another recently described intra-amoebal bacterium. By comparing these two genomes with those of their closely related species, we were able to study the genetic characteristics specific to their amoebal lifestyle ... more >> Bill Frindall dies of legionnaires’ disease caught on tour Bill Frindall, the “Bearded Wonder” who turned the dry task of cricket scoring into popular entertainment, died yesterday after catching legionnaires’ disease on a charity cricket tour. He was 69. Frindall, a mainstay of Radio 4’s Test Match Special, contracted the illness during a Lord’s Taverners tour of Dubai ... more >>
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