The PANDAS hypothesis is supported

PANDAS -  pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection - is, as the name suggests, a condition /...

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Watch Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Develop Over Time

Watch this powerful time-lapse  video demonstrating the development of antibiotic resistance in E. coli bacteria over time. E. coli star...

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Acute psychosis and urinary tract infection

Today I'm highlighting the  paper by Krystle Graham and colleagues  [1] which talked about a possible association between the presence o...

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Bacterial infections and behaviour

I'm more than a little interested in bacteria on this blog. Indeed, quite a lot of chatter here  has been dedicated to the various bact...

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The gut microbiota and ME/CFS

Continuing a common theme of gut bacteria on this blog , most recently with autism in mind , my attention today turns to a paper by Frémont ...

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Gut bacterial diversity and autism

Let's face it, those who regularly read this blog probably knew that I was always going to be interested in the paper published by Dae-W...

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Endocarditis

Endocarditis Endocarditis is the inflammation inside the layer of the heart, known as the endocardium. The heart valves are the most common ...

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