Researchers have revealed how a common bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis), releases lactic acid to acidify its surroundings and suppress the immune-cell signal needed to start a proper ...

In infectious disease research, it is widely accepted that disrupting bacterial communication signals is beneficial. But this ...

A newly developed antibiotic called EVG7 could offer a powerful new way to stop Clostridioides difficile, a dangerous gut bacterium that often returns after treatment. In mouse studies, researchers ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile —commonly known as C. diff —are a serious and persistent problem for patients and ...

Microbiologist holds a petri dish growing bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae, one species that can become resistant to last-resort antibiotics. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ...

A vaccine usually trains your immune system to recognize one target. Here, the target is basically “anything that doesn’t belong in the lungs.

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine are studying C. diff at multiple levels, from how individual bacterial ...

Severe acute pancreatitis is frequently complicated by hospital-acquired infections that worsen outcomes and prolong intensive care stays. New evidence suggests that modulating the microbiome may ...

Men are more susceptible than women to skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, but the biological basis for ...

ETVAX is the first vaccine that offers significant protection against pathogenic E. coli in children ...

The odor and discharge are strongly suggestive of a bacterial sinus infection. COVID infections, like all viral infections, ...

A routine trip to the nail salon turned into a nightmare for Claudia Ruffin, a 27-year-old Sydney woman who contracted a ...