Tubercolosi
Researchers explore role of co-infections in long COVID symptoms
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A team of microbiologists suggests that infections occurring alongside SARS-CoV-2 may contribute to some cases of long COVID, potentially by reactivating latent pathogens such as Epstein–Barr virus or altering the course of tuberculosis. Their perspective, published in eLife, stresses that this remains a hypothesis and calls for large studies and better animal models to test whether these co-infections help drive persistent symptoms like fatigue and brain fog.
Scientists at the University of Basel have developed a novel testing method to determine whether antibiotics actually eliminate bacteria or merely halt their growth. This approach, called antimicrobial single-cell testing, tracks individual bacteria under a microscope to assess drug effectiveness more accurately. The findings, published in Nature Microbiology, highlight variations in bacterial tolerance to treatments for tuberculosis and other lung infections.
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Il ministro della Salute egiziano Khaled Abdel Ghaffar ha incontrato una delegazione di Clinilab, il partner commerciale autorizzato di QIAGEN Germania in Egitto, per discutere il rafforzamento delle capacità di diagnostica e sorveglianza in sanità pubblica. I colloqui si sono concentrati sull’espansione del programma nazionale di test e monitoraggio della tubercolosi (TB), insieme alla sorveglianza delle reti idriche. Le discussioni hanno riguardato anche l’aumento dei test rapidi per malattie respiratorie, gastrointestinali e meningite.