Imagine a city under constant threat from invaders. The city's defense system deploys a sophisticated anti-missile defense ...

University of Basel researchers have discovered that bacteria can sense threats in advance through a general danger signal.

Researchers have described how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus genetically adapts to humans, including mutations that allow some strains to evade the immune system and become resistant to ...

A new study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae, E.coli and other ...

Two AAP-recommended strategies can help physicians rule out invasive bacterial infections in febrile infants, which could ...

Biofilm, a slimy bacterial layer that clings to surfaces, makes infections harder to treat when they form protective shields ...

Maybe the wound is starting to ooze a bit. Maybe you vaguely recall hearing or reading something about some kind of bacterial infection that is popping up on college campuses across the country ...

The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella, E.coli and others, is present at low levels as part of a healthy human gut microbiome.

Walking pneumonia, a lung infection caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, tends to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 has been rampant among young children.

pestis. He probably contracted the Hib infection first, Guellil and colleagues say. While respiratory infections rarely leave marks, the boy’s kneecaps had fused to the thighbones above them.