New research suggests that outpatients with cancer are more likely than other outpatients to have antimicrobial-resistant bacterial pathogens.

Antibiotic resistance is a pressing issue within the realm of global health, posing significant challenges, particularly in developing countries. The ...

Twelve-year-old Riddhima was gasping for breath, her fragile body battling a high fever and a severe lung infection–a rare ...

The study, published last week in The Lancet Oncology, mined 4 years of microbiologic data and found that the proportion of ...

A two-week-old baby is referred to the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town. The infant, who was born ...

Introduction: Acinetobacter baumannii exhibits high genomic plasticity, enabling it to acquire virulence factors and antibiotic resistance (AR). Understanding its evolutionary adaptations is crucial ...

Experts say bacterial infections are responsible for more infant deaths than is generally recognised, and things may get ...

As for the study’s samples, the UPD CS IB said, “High levels (more than 45 percent) of multidrug resistance were observed when tested against antimicrobial panels, with a total of 50 ARGs ...

The most predominant type of Salmonella was Infantis, followed by Brancaster, Anatum, London, Uganda, and Derby, all of which possessed diverse virulence and resistance genes. High levels (>45%) of ...