Naegleria Fowleri Symptoms

Maricopa County Animal Care and Control announced on Friday that shelters will not be accepting stray dogs until at least March 29 after one dog tested positive for Streptococcus zooepidemicus, or Strep zoo. The 3-year-old dog was found dead in its kennel on March 8 at MCACC's west shelter in Phoenix by an employee, county officials reported. The agency said they are taking steps to mitigate any further exposure to the disease, such as cleaning three kennels the infected dog had been in and providing antibiotics for all dogs at that shelter location. There is no vaccine for Strep zoo, so these preventative measures are most important for maintaining the safety of all other animals. According to a report from MCACC, the disease does not respond to common treatments for respiratory infections. "It is heartbreaking any time a pet dies in our care," MCACC spokesperson Kim Powell said. "Now we need to ensure other dogs are not suffering from this illness — and no more con...

Abstract Background Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remains one of the main causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and mortality in diabetic patients worldwide. Vitamin D deficiency (VitDD) is one of the main consequences of different chronic kidney disease (CKD) types and is associated with rapid progression to ESRD. Nevertheless, the mechanisms that lead to this process are poorly understood. This study aimed to characterize a model of diabetic nephropathy progression in VitDD and the epithelial-mesenchymal-transition (EMT) role in these processes. Methods Wistar Hannover rats received a diet with or without VitD before type 1 diabetes (T1D) induction. After this procedure, the rats were accompanied for 12 and 24 weeks after T1D induction and the renal function, structure, cell transdifferentiating markers and zinc finger e-box binding homeobox 1/2 (ZEB1/ZEB2) contribution to kidney damage were evaluated during the DKD progression. Results The results showed an increase in glomerula...

A Texas resident contracted an illness caused by a brain-eating amoeba and died after going for a swim, officials said Wednesday.  The swimmer developed amebic meningitis infection, which is caused by Naegleria fowleri, more commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba, after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson in August, according to Austin Public Health. Officials have not publicly identified the victim.  A sample specimen from the case was sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, authorities said.  Naegleria fowleri, a single-celled organism, lives in warm fresh water, health officials said. It enters the body through the nose and travels to the brain. It can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection that destroys brain tissue. The infection is almost always fatal. Only 157 cases were reported from 1962 through 2022, according to the CDC. Only four of the patients survived in that period. The agency said in the U.S., most infecti...

Working side by side with physicians and nurses, social workers are instrumental in supporting patients, families, and communities. Research has found that social workers can help reduce emergency room visits, length of hospital stays,and hospital readmission rates.   "F or over a century, social workers have proven essential to promoting health, enhancing hope and improving health care outcomes," said Teresa Moro, LCSW , a health services researcher in social work and community health at RUSH. Most social workers at RUSH have master's degrees, with many going on to complete two years of additional training to become licensed clinical social workers who can provide mental health counseling in virtually any setting.   Despite their long history in health care, there is much more to a social worker's role than is generally known. The Social Work and Community Health Department team debunks some common myths about their work in health care:  ...

Abstract The plant-parasitic nematodes are considered as one of the most destructive pests, from which the migratory and sedentary endoparasitic plant parasitic nematodes infect more than 4000 plant species and cause over $100 billion crop losses annually worldwide. These nematodes use multiple strategies to infect their host and to establish a successful parasitism inside the host such as cell-wall degradation enzymes, inhibition of host defense proteins, and molecular mimicry. In the present study, the main parasitism-associated gene families were identified and compared between the migratory and sedentary endoparasitic nematodes. The results showed that the migratory and sedentary endoparasitic nematodes share a core conserved parasitism mechanism established throughout the evolution of parasitism. However, genes involved in pectin degradation and hydrolase activity are rapidly evolving in the migratory endoparasitic nematodes. Additionally, cell-wall degrading enzymes such as GH45 ...