Bacterial infections from Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which can cause walking pneumonia, have surged since late spring, according ...

Bacterial pneumonia cases are on the rise in young children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midsate are seeing seasonal allergies, asthma exacerbations and viral upper ...

Pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, is on the rise in Los Angeles County. The highly contagious bacterial ...

According to the CDC, respiratory infections caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae have increased in the U.S. over the ...

Scientists from the University of Leicester have discovered that tuberculosis disrupts glucose metabolism in the body ...

However, when the bacteria escape to other body sites, such as open wounds, the lungs, the bloodstream, or the urinary tract, they can cause more severe infections. K. pneumoniae are often spread ...

Pneumonia may inflame the air sacs in one or both of your lungs, notes the Mayo Clinic. The sacs can fill with pus or fluid, ...

Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic that is usually only used for severe infections with resistant bacteria. This is due to ...