Eventually the proliferating malignant cells crowd out good cells and the body can no longer fight infection.
This is because Medicare pays more for complications which can arise as a result of an infection.
More recently two vaccines against staph infection, made by nabi Biopharmaceuticals and Inhibitex , failed in big trials.
It said the likely cause of infection was a contaminated agent used to cut the heroin.
""The chest infection that caused his withdrawal from the Giro has responded to treatment and rest.
Numerous different antimicrobials have been employed to treat M catarrhalis infection (see below).
Governments are finding it almost impossible to monitor, let alone isolate, so many sources of infection.
It said waits for non-emergency hospital operations were holding steady, while infection rates were falling.
Authorities have not determined the source of the infection, said Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang.
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The health board said strict infection control procedures remained in place at all three hospitals.
But the synthetic vaccine should allow scientists to show the absence of infection in vaccinated animals.
So for the moment this novel coronavirus remains a dangerous but thankfully very rare infection.
More than half the patients with confirmed infection have died and others remains seriously ill.
Each winter Judith Caletti braced herself for the inevitable: crippling sinus headaches followed by an infection.
This eventually damages or destroys skin tissues and may lead to infection and gangrene.
He was inspired by a patient with sarcoma who recovered after suffering an acute bacterial infection.
The patient, however, caught an infection at the hospital and died a few days later.
Further emotional strain followed in October when his father was hospitalized for a serious respiratory infection.
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The newly infected man is the first confirmed infection in France, the Health Ministry said.
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Some confusion has arisen from the Tories' juxtaposition of MRSA infection rates with hospital death rates.
The Health Protection Agency said so far there were no reported cases of infection.
It is the first time mandatory surveillance of the diarrhoea-causing infection has been undertaken.
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"H.pylori infection is now accepted as a cause of stomach cancer, " he told BBC News Online.
He is said to have suffered a severe respiratory infection following the latest surgery.
He was admitted in late March and received treatment for a recurring lung infection and pneumonia.
C. has the highest rate of infection among any metropolitan area in the country.
Infection rates always fluctuate and cases could easily rise again, says the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
He said more research was needed to help doctors differentiate between chest infection and pneumonia.
It said the service was failing to protect adequately against the risk of infection.
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However, sometimes prostatitis isn't caused by a bacterial infection or a cause is never identified.
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