Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which the bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri, the causative agent of dysentery, manipulates molecular activity to assure its survival against its host's ...

An international research team led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a new strategy used by the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa to adapt to its host. In the ...

The infection, while rare, can be extremely serious if left untreated. Here's what to look for.

As summer heat rises, so does the risk of Vibrio infections in this country. An infection with this bacterium can be fatal in the worst cases, as two recent incidents demonstrate. TRAVELBOOK explains ...

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Tiny viruses that only infect and kill bacteria can help treat deadly antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections with Staphylococcus aureus, results from a mid-stage trial suggest.

Two young adults, an 18-year-old and 21-year-old, recently died, and 18 others were hospitalized, in an outbreak of meningitis in Kent, England. People in their teens and early 20s are considered to ...

Roughly one in three uropathogenic E. coli samples collected by a national laboratory turned out to be resistant to multiple ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...

Every year, bacteria kill more than a million people worldwide through infections that no longer respond to antibiotics. In ...