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AI6YR Ben<p>Vert nasty strep infection from contact with raw fish in Hong Kong. </p><p>"Seven men and six women, aged between 35 and 94, had the ST283 infection, it said, adding that they mainly suffered from sepsis and joint abscesses."</p><p><a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3278781/13-more-hong-kong-patients-found-have-potentially-deadly-infection-linked-fish?module=top_story&amp;pgtype=homepage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health</span><span class="invisible">-environment/article/3278781/13-more-hong-kong-patients-found-have-potentially-deadly-infection-linked-fish?module=top_story&amp;pgtype=homepage</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/foodsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodsafety</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/HongKong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HongKong</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/strep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strep</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/streptococcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streptococcus</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreak</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a></p>
Court Cantrell prefers not to<p>This is your semi-regular reminder to stop what you're doing and sanitize your cell phone, which is a cesspool of germs. </p><p>This message is brought to you by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/influenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influenza</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/staphylococcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>staphylococcus</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streptococcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streptococcus</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EColi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EColi</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BacillusCereus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BacillusCereus</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SAureus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAureus</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enterococcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enterococcus</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MRSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MRSA</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rhinovirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rhinovirus</span></a>, and many more.</p><p>Our near-collective habit of taking our phones into the bathroom is a really, really bad idea.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicServiceAnnouncement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServiceAnnouncement</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>News to me . . .<br>Alarming Rise in Cases of Deadly "Flesh-Eating Bacteria" in Japan<br><a href="https://newsonjapan.com/article/141125.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsonjapan.com/article/141125</span><span class="invisible">.php</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flesh</span></a>—eating—bacteria <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streptococcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streptococcus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeeADoctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeeADoctor</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>'It's neither a scientific nor a medically acceptable term': The real scoop on 'white lung pneumonia'<br><a href="https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/its-neither-a-scientific-nor-a-medically-acceptable-term-the-real-scoop-on-white-lung-pneumonia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/health/viruses</span><span class="invisible">-infections-disease/its-neither-a-scientific-nor-a-medically-acceptable-term-the-real-scoop-on-white-lung-pneumonia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RSV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adenovirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adenovirus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Streptococcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streptococcus</span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p>A molecule made by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Streptococcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streptococcus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pyogenes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pyogenes</span></a> — the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bacterium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacterium</span></a> that causes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strep</span></a> throat — could help explain the origins of enigmatic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autoimmune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autoimmune</span></a> diseases such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rheumatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rheumatic</span></a> fever and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lupus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lupus</span></a>. Findings illuminate why century-old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immunotherapies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunotherapies</span></a> showed promise and why modern immune therapies for cancer don’t work as often as they could.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/10/bio10072301.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2023/10/bio10072301</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p>
Gabriele Pollara<p>Asymptomatic throat carriage as source for Group A strep transmission.<br><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/IDMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/StrepA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrepA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/GAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/streptococcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streptococcus</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/transmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transmission</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MedMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/epidemiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemiology</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/throat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>throat</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00068-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/</span><span class="invisible">article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00068-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email</span></a></p>
Sterling Ericsson<p>In addition to finding new antibiotics, understanding how antibiotic resistance forms and works is just as important. </p><p>Now, researchers at the University of Western Australia have identified just how the bacteria Streptococcus is able to form resistance to the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole.</p><p>Surprisingly, it seems that the bacteria steal the inhibited compounds from their host!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Antibiotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antibiotics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AntimicrobialResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntimicrobialResistance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Streptococcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streptococcus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/sciencemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34243-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-022</span><span class="invisible">-34243-3</span></a></p>