In December 2009, Bradley Burnam woke up to see a horrifying sight in the mirror. “This whole side of my head was black, and my ear was like twice its normal size and hot because it was infected,” he ...

Lax hospital hygiene is dooming patients to sickness and death from infections — whether it’s a new, rare organism or a ...

Health care staff skip cleaning their hands between patients, and hospitals fail to clean rooms and medical equipment — even ...

Large-scale analysis of 12,238 gut metagenomes identifies microbial co-colonizers and co-excluders, offering insights into infection resistance and potential non-antibiotic therapies. Study: ...

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are an increasing and deadly threat in US healthcare facilities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Healthcare facilities need ...

Citing increased reports of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expanded guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of these ...

Passing on dangerous naked explosives: the state of multiple antibiotic resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Cape Coast, Ghana. The dynamisms involved in bacterial drug resistance, emergence and spread of ...

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. But at high ...

Let us consider the following hypothetical scenario. A 48-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus was recently on vacation in Calcutta, India. Three days into his stay, he was involved ...

This multicenter, randomized, open-label trial was conducted from September 16, 2014, to September 15, 2016. Eligible patients with bloodstream infection or hospital-acquired or ventilator-associated ...