Challenge trials help researchers study immune responses. Skeptics still doubt the approach is worth the risks ...

Antibiotic treatment during an influenza infection actually impaired the body’s efforts to clear bacteria rather than helping the body heal.

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Public health officials are concerned that we could move back into a situation like that of the early 20th century, before ...

Caseinolytic protease P (ClpP) is a conserved serine protease present in both bacteria and humans, essential for maintaining protein quality by degrading misfolded proteins.

A world-first trial has been carried out at the Royal Preston Hospital, which could revolutionise global health policy.

Once it gets into the body, through wounds or medical tubes, it can cause an infection that could kill someone already weakened by illness. In Britain, it is estimated that MRSA and other ...

A study published this year showed that cockroaches can carry pathogens linked to nosocomial infections and cause outbreaks. Image: Adobe Stock. Here are 12 stories about nosocomial infection ...

He and his wife, Maria, rushed to the hospital. Within a few hours, the doctor told him he had MRSA, a staph infection that ...

Many people carry MRSA harmlessly on their skin or inside their noses. However, if the bacteria penetrates the skin, it can cause a serious infection MRSA may enter the body via a break in the ...

Screening all surgical admissions had little effect in a European hospital with a relatively low infection rate. Faced with soaring rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...