Shaking up biofilm research: Active topography reduces bacterial infections

The use of antibiotics has traditionally been considered the gold standard in bacterial infection control—the more bacterial ...

Single-tick experiments uncover shifting immune defenses during earliest stages of bacterial infection

Bacteria from the Gulf Coast tick can be transmitted to its host within one hour of attachment before spreading rapidly to ...
Medical Xpress

Blocking both drug-resistant bacteria and influenza with a broad-spectrum infection prevention approach

Secondary infections caused by bacteria or viruses during hospital care remain a long-standing global challenge, despite advances in modern medicine. In particular, mixed bacterial-viral infections in ...
Infection control

Multidrug-Resistant Infections Necessitate Bacteriophage Treatment: Can We Get There in Time?

Broad-spectrum antibiotics are powerful medicines because they are a single chemical compound capable of disrupting essential microbial processes shared by many types of microbes. In medical and ...
Yahoo

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria infections surge 460% in the U.S.: CDC

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A drug-resistant bacterium is posing increasing dangers in the United States, with infections rising by over 460% from 2019 to 2023, according to a new report from the Centers for ...
newswise

One Strategy to Block Both Drug-Resistant Bacteria and Influenza: New Broad-Spectrum Infection Prevention Approach Validated

Newswise — Secondary infections caused by bacteria or viruses during hospital care remain a long-standing global challenge, despite advances in modern medicine. In particular, mixed bacterial–viral ...
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Signs, symptoms and prevention of flesh-eating bacterial infection

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A rare but dangerous flesh-eating bacterial infection called Vibrio vulnificus has claimed the life of a St. Johns County resident this year. The Florida Department of Health ...