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Candida auris: A Fungal Superbug

September 20, 2018March 23, 2022 Natalia Ciesielska

  Introduction: In 2009, a 70-year-old woman in Tokyo, Japan was hospitalized with an ear infection that did not seem to improve with antibiotics [4].

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Possible Vaccine for Gonorrhea Super-Bug

May 29, 2018March 23, 2022 Kristy Leker

  In late March 2018, a patient in the United Kingdom came down with the first known case of a strain of gonorrhea resistant to

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The Threat of Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea

May 24, 2018March 23, 2022 Natalia Ciesielska

  Gonorrhea is the second most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world [3]. It is usually easy to treat; however, its recent

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Drug-Resistant Leprosy Emerges in West Africa

September 9, 2016March 23, 2022 Kara Sewalk

  A recent publication in the Clinical Infectious Disease Journal highlights an investigation identifying a cluster of Guinean patients with drug resistant leprosy infections [1].

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