A newborn baby who died in a Glasgow hospital after developing an infection was “stable” the day before she passed away, an ...

Researchers have revealed how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria extract iron from hemoglobin—a process crucial to their survival ...

A newborn baby died from an infection caused by an "absolutely putrid hospital", her mother has told an inquiry into her ...

A new study reveals that diabetes significantly accelerates the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus ...

Carole and Ty Moss tell the tragic story of losing their 15-year-old son, Nile, to a MRSA infection that developed into ...

In a typical flu season, Antoon said, they might expect to see four cases of seizures for every 10,000 children under 5 who have the flu. Rates of encephalopathy, or brain swelling, are even rarer: ...

This guide includes an overview of practices for the prevention and management of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) by healthcare professionals practicing in public health or ...

Patients colonized with AMR pathogens showed high risk for infection with the same pathogen for up to 2 years, indicating a time window for decolonization interventions.

Without these data, theoretically (and by chance), cases selected for this study could have been colonised by MRSA more frequently than controls, which would introduce a level of bias. C. difficile ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013;11(5):499-509. Outbreak strain(s) are given in bold. CA: Community associated; HA: Healthcare associated; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; ND ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) usually pass from one person to another through sexual contact. Examples include chlamydia, crabs, and genital herpes. Treatment depends on the type of STI.