Imagine trying to settle into a new home while constantly being attacked. That's what the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...

Student Health reports higher cases of respiratory infections this season, including a few cases of pertussis — also known as ...

The annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America was held this year from Oct. 16 to 19 in Los Angeles, ...

Imagine falling seriously ill with an infection. Normally, we visit the doctor, are prescribed antibiotics, and after 7-10 days, we're back on our feet.

An international team of researchers has found that an antibiotic commonly prescribed for patients with liver disease, called rifaximin, has led to the global emergence of an almost untreatable form ...

Researchers at Intermountain Health have been awarded a $356,000 grant from Merck, a global science and technology company ...

A new study has found that an antibiotic for liver disease patients could expose them to greater risk of a dangerous superbug.

The study has demonstrated that rifaximin usage is driving resistance to daptomycin, one of the last effective antibiotics ...

HealthDay News — Treating hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections with antibiotics for 7 days is noninferior to ...

Canada and Europe reported catching a respiratory illness in the past year. That figure increased to 74 percent for the U.S. alone. Workplaces were the most commonly cited sources of infection (47 ...

This outbreak was shortly preceded by a significantly high incidence of upper-respiratory infections in the school. Twenty-two Cases of Poliomyelitis, St. Mark's School, May, 1936, by Day of Onset ...

and does not have complications like effusion or respiratory failure. One course will usually be enough to cure your pneumonia. In some cases, you may need more than one course of antibiotics if your ...