Patients with implanted medical devices like orthopedic joint replacements, pacemakers, and artificial heart valves run a ...

The panels employ PCR techniques to test for numerous gastrointestinal bacterial pathogens using one stool swab.

According to Mishra, the bacterial communities that establish in the first six to 12 months are responsible for allergy risk, ...

French authorities have detected for the first time a microscopic worm that can ravage pine trees, extending the presence of the pathogen in Europe after it spread in Portugal and Spain in recent ...

Escherichia coli (E. coli), a type of bacteria commonly found in the human gut, could spread as quickly as swine flu, new ...

Christ Hospital in Cincinnati is investigating two recent cases of Legionnaires' disease in patients in the past 6 week.

Christ Hospital in Cincinnati is investigating two recent cases of Legionnaires' disease in patients in the past 6 week.

A groundbreaking vaccine developed by Harvard researchers offers hope against infections from implanted medical devices. This ...

Greenlogue/AP Coastal communities and seafood industries face mounting pressure as a body of research shows that pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio—long confined largely to warmer waters—are ...

When pathogens enter our cells as part of an infection, our body will trigger a programmed cell death known as "pyroptosis" ...