Portrait of Dr. James CollinsCarola Timmel

What our work suggests is that people who are susceptible to CDI may be well advised to avoid consumption of trehalose

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The increased use of the disaccharide trehalose could have promoted the spread of the virulent Clostridium difficile (CD) strains RT027 and RT078. This has shown a recently published study. An interview with study author Dr James Collins (Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Houston, Texas) Mr. Collins, What gave you the […]

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Portrait of Sharon JohnsonCarola Timmel

If you find yourself, or someone you love, in a hospital setting, ask ….!

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From time to time I am scanning the web under the keyword “Semmelweis”. For me as a medicine journalist, writing articles for the Semmelweis Foundation website, it is interesting to see, who is referring to this great physician, and in which context. Yesterday I found an interesting commentary (published on Jan, 21st)  on mailtribune.com, entitled […]

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