Antibiotics are indispensable for treating bacterial infections. But why are they sometimes ineffective, even when the ...

Disinfectants induce oxidative damage in bacteria, but a single mutation triggers the expression of genes that help the ...

It fundamentally challenges the assumption that infectious agents are evenly ... pathogenesis of endocarditis as a biofilm disease is consistent with bacteria growing in biofilms.

The researchers showed that when curcumin is intentionally given to bacteria as food and then activated by light, it can trigger deleterious reactions within these microbes, eventually killing them.

Here's what bacterial meningitis is, how it's different from viral and other types of meningitis, and what treatment can be ...

Water that comes straight from natural sources, dubbed “raw water,” is gaining popularity. Raw water advocates reject public ...

A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists examined 550 patients from Guinea who ...

The data suggests that the body's use of nutrient scarcity as a defense mechanism may actually enable bacteria's survival in the long run.

The Danish Health Authority does not want to establish a fixed plan, as a new, serious virus or bacteria may behave in ...

A stand-alone sequencing approach was accurate, cost effective and efficient for analyzing resistant pathogens and determining their health care-associated transmission, researchers found.

In 2017, a tragic incident unfolded in a Nevada hospital. A woman, admitted for pneumonia, tragically succumbed to multiple ...

Research into developing new antimicrobial resistance treatments in Nigeria and other low/middle-income countries has secured ...