Genomic sequencing has revealed that individual strains of life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Candida auris ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis was associated with reduced risks for surgical site infection (SSIs) and readmissions in children ...

A tool that screens for molecules that may have therapeutic value against drug-resistant bacteria has been released for free ...

A study found that hospital sink drains harbor dangerous bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains. Despite thorough ...

In a nutshell A year-long study of hospital sink drains found 67 different bacterial species living there, many resistant to ...

Other notorious hospital-associated pathogens found repeatedly were Klebsiella pneumoniae in the general medicine ward, Acinetobacter johnsonii and Acinetobacter ursingii in general medicine and ...

They found that the sinks and their drains are routinely cleaned with bleach, as well as disinfected with chemicals and pressurised steam every fortnight, or every month in non-patient areas. Once a ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such "health-care-associated ...

Enterobacter cloacae complex, Citrobacter freundii complex, and Serratia marcescens. Emblaveo is a fixed-dose intravenous (IV) treatment that combines aztreonam, a monobactam antibiotic, and avibactam ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, researchers showed that oral vancomycin (OV) induces clinical remission in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory ...

A series of reports released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) show sexually transmitted ...