The study paints a stark picture of how secondary bacterial infections complicate the course of COVID-19, especially in ...

After Hollywood icon Diane Keaton died from bacterial pneumonia, doctors are raising awareness about the symptoms of the ...

The presence of antibiotic-resistance bacteria in a person’s stool or urine indicates an increased risk of developing a drug-resistant bloodstream infection, such as sepsis, according to research ...

Bacteria Gram positive in sputum gram stain.red background. Both sepsis and bacteremia involve bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacteremia generally is not a serious condition, but sepsis can be ...

A health alert has been issued after Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium, was detected in coastal waters.

When harmful bacteria that cause food poisoning, such as E. coli, invade through the digestive tract, gut cells usually fight ...

Blood poisoning is still fatal in more than 50% of cases, but can be cured if treated at an early stage. The highest priority is therefore to act quickly. For this reason, doctors usually administer ...

Hypochlorous acid is commonly used in cleaning products, including in some hand sanitizers. It is also produced naturally by white blood cells of healthy people to fight bacteria, fungi, and viruses.

Scientists detect Bartonella bacteria DNA in sand flies from the Brazilian Amazon, with genetic links to Andean strains.

Mertz said mortality rates for someone with an MRSA infection in the blood are 10-30 per cent, 30 per cent if an MRSA ...