Stanford University researchers report that ciprofloxacin use drives persistent antibiotic resistance in human gut bacteria, ...

The NHS has issued a stark warning and says typhoid fever is a particularly unpleasant bacterial infection that can spread ...

Typhoid fever is a particularly unpleasant bacterial infection that can spread throughout the body and, according to the NHS, ...

The condition is a particularly unpleasant bacterial infection that can spread throughout the body and, according to the NHS, ...

The World Health Organization estimates that about 9 million people become ill from the life-threatening infection and ...

These infections—systemic, lethal infestations of the body’s deep tissues and organs—have little in common with the ...

A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that could potentially revolutionize treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections, cancer and other challenging gram-negative pathogens without relying ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the world's leading causes of death, claiming the lives of more people than HIV / AIDS or ...

Recent discoveries are helping scientists face this challenge in innovative ways. Studies have found that nearly a quarter of drugs that aren’t normally prescribed as antibiotics, such as medications ...

The development and spread of antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. To overcome ...

An antibiotic that is commonly used for urinary tract infections effectively treated gonorrhoea, and may even work against ...