Researchers discovered an unexpected link between zinc deficiency, the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-13 (IL-13), and Acinetobacter baumannii lung infection and demonstrated that blocking IL-13 ...

Dietary zinc deficiency promotes lung infection by Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria—a leading cause of ventilator-associated ...

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In hospitalized patients, eosinophil levels positively correlated with antibiotic use, systemic inflammation, and worsened ...

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The respiratory illness typically affects school-age kids, but the CDC reports a rise in cases in children aged 2-4.

Clinicians treating patients with kidney disease must be aware of dental considerations to avoid potentially lethal consequences.

Health experts are urging voters to take precautions at the polls amid a surge in cases of so-called "walking pneumonia." Test positivity for the bacterial infection has more than tripled since late ...

Coach Kyle Shanahan revealed to reporters Monday that wide receiver Deebo Samuel has pneumonia. “Deebo Samuel, he had kind of an odd illness, some fluid in his lungs so technically pneumonia ...

By Dani Blum Infections with the bacteria that causes walking pneumonia have risen significantly this year, particularly among young children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned ...

When this fluid cannot drain, it allows for the growth of bacteria and viruses in the ear that can lead to acute otitis media. The following are some of the reasons that the eustachian tube may not ...

The CDC says bacterial pneumonia cases have increased in the last six months. Bacterial pneumonia cases are on the rise in young children, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...