It's a high-priority human fungal pathogen, causing infection outbreaks of high mortality in health-care settings, according ...

A dangerous, drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris is spreading rapidly in U.S. hospitals and healthcare facilities ...

This guide deconstructs the pathophysiology of UTIs, exploring the anatomical risks in women, and the efficacy of antibiotic ...

Scientists have discovered that beneficial root-dwelling fungi boost plant resilience to disease by remodeling the plant cell membrane at pathogen infection sites—offering critical new insights into ...

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the accuracy and speed at which often deadly pathogen infections can be identified and treated. This is time that, in many cases, is critical to saving a ...

Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying this transmission chain for many years. Researchers in Austria aimed to perform a comprehensive analysis of the ...

Simple, uncomplicated SSSIs include erysipelas, cellulitis, furuncles, superficial abscesses and wound infections, whereas deeper complicated SSSIs (cSSSIs) include necrotizing fasciitis, myositis and ...

Doctors criticised the delay in testing, saying the lag likely contributed to deaths as polymicrobial infections require ...

July 16, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — The incidence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 and Shigella infections has decreased, but there have been limited declines in the incidence of ...

A collaborative team has re-engineered the process of microbial pathogen identification in blood samples from pediatric sepsis patients using broad-spectrum pathogen capture technology. The advance ...