Carriers of a specific hidden bacteria have a 14% chance of developing an antibiotic resistant infection with 30 days of hospitalisation, according to researchers from Amsterdam UMC. Researchers studied patients who unknowingly carried the multi-resistant...
Salmonella bacteria, a common cause of food poisoning, invade an immune cell. CREDIT: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Minnesota Department of...
MRSA bacteria bound to a neutrophil, a type of infection-fighting white blood cell. CREDIT: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health A promising approach to control Staphylococcus aureus bacterial colonization in...
An international team of scientists investigating transmission of a deadly drug resistant bacteria that rivals MRSA, has found that whilst the bugs are found in livestock, pets, and the wider environment, they are rarely transmitted to humans through this route. The...