Dr Janine Zee-Cheng, a board-certified paediatrician in Indiana, told HuffPost that sometimes a child will come in with a ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when germs, like fungi and bacteria, develop the ability to defeat the drugs that are ...

We report 6 cases of group B streptococcal prosthetic joint infections seen in our institution and review 8 previously reported cases. These 14 patients (6 men and 8 women) had an average age of 69.

Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...

Uncomplicated skin infections account for almost 200 million physician-office visits in the USA annually. Treating these infections is estimated to cost in excess of US$350 million each year.

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess ...

And because the Faecalibacteria feed on fiber—found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains—increasing your fiber intake might be one way to protect against gut infections. However ...

Six patients were concomitantly treated for bacterial superinfection, of whom two had positive throat cultures for Streptococcus pyogenes. Three patients were hospitalized during their care. None ...

Mycoplasmas are successful pathogens that cause debilitating diseases in humans and various animal hosts. Despite the exceptionally streamlined genomes, mycoplasmas have evolved specific mechanisms to ...

Repeated identification of bacterial and viral airway infections with sensitive molecular diagnostic techniques allowed the influences of season and other factors on exacerbation occurrence to be ...