Tag: Bacteria

Isan

6 Thai Farmers in Isaan Region Die from Soil Fever Outbreak

  • By TN
  • October 23, 2023
The Buriram Hospital in Thailand
The Buriram Hospital in Thailand, the main hospital of Buriram Province. Photo: Conan likecartoon. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Residents of Thailand’s lower northeastern region, particularly in four provinces of Isaan, are grappling with an outbreak of Melioidosis, also known as “soil fever,” with [Read More…]

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Princess Bajrakitiyabha remains unconscious, bacteria blamed for illness

  • By TN
  • January 8, 2023
Reception given by the Royal Thai Embassy of Vienna hosted by Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand
Reception given by the Royal Thai Embassy of Vienna hosted by Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand. Photo: IAEA Imagebank / flickr.

Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati remained unconscious and royal doctors blamed her illness on a bacterial infection. In its third statement on the condition [Read More…]

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Huge leap in drug-resistant bacteria affects kids

  • By TN
  • July 27, 2017
U.S. Army, Thai public health Ministry, uncovers successful results for AIDS vaccine
The U.S. Army in conjunction with the Thai Ministry of Public Health, the National Institute of Allergy and infectious Disease, the National Institutes of Health, Sanofi Pasteur and Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases have uncovered successful results for an AIDS vaccination. Photo: USAMC-AFRIMS / United States Army.

Drug resistance for some types of antibiotics among Thai children has jumped by more than 30 times over a period of 10 years, according to [Read More…]

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Public alerted to be cautious of leptospirosis, especially patients with diabetes

  • By TN
  • July 20, 2014
Members of the military nursing community in the Pacific region
BANGKOK, Thailand - Members of the military nursing community in the Pacific region observe the a patient receiving care while at the Phramongkutklao Hospital in Bangkok Thailand on Aug. 3 for a tour of the Hospital facilities during the 2011 Asia Pacific Military Nursing Symposium, which is sponsored by Pacific Command and executed under the direction of 13th Air Force. This is the fifth year of the symposium, which started at Hickam Air force Base in 2007, and the first time that Thailand has hosted the event. More than 12 countries from the Asia-Pacific region have come together to build on relationships by exchanging information and techniques with one another. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

BANGKOK, 20 July 2014 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health is warning the public to be cautious of leptospirosis during rainy season, especially patients [Read More…]