Researchers have used artificial intelligence to identify 25 new protein compounds that can kill bacteria and fungi, ...

A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess, is a collection of pus and bacteria that forms inside the tooth or gum. To reduce the risk of complications, a person should seek treatment for a tooth ...

Overuse of antibiotics is the main cause of the so-called “silent pandemic” of AMR infections, with a type of infection called Klebsiella pneumoniae now becoming a major issue for hospitals ...

Tuberculosis is an airborne bacterium most commonly caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which can remain in the air for several hours. It typically attacks the lungs, but can also ...

In the quest to take the “forever” out of “forever chemicals,” bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but ...

Pneumonia symptoms can vary based on the cause and severity of the lung infection. For some, it might feel similar to the flu or be barely noticeable. For others, pneumonia can cause severe ...

Klebsiella accounted for about half of the dairy’s clinical mastitis. Of the 28 cows infected with Klebsiella, 16 cows (or 57%) were either sold or died as a consequence of the infection. “In our ...

A team has identified a strain of bacteria that can break down and transform at least three types of PFAS, and, perhaps even more crucially, some of the toxic byproducts of the bond-breaking process.

To develop a machine learning-based prediction model to assist clinicians in accurately determining whether the detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) in sputum samples indicates an infection, ...