Antibiotic drugs can come in the form of a topical cream (that you can apply directly to the skin), an oral pill, or an injection. Your exact treatment plan will depend on the type of infection you ...

A furuncle, or a boil, may begin as a bump on your skin that looks like a pimple, but as the infection worsens, it becomes ...

As antimicrobial resistance threatens medical progress, doctors like Sylvia Omulo are looking for clues to help us heal.

Cepheid announced today an important partnership with the Fleming Initiative, a global collaboration established by Imperial College ...

Researchers have found Staphylococcus aureus can adapt to vancomycin while overcoming its fitness cost, threatening the ...

The number of lives lost around the world due to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them ...

Resistance development of MRSA has become a global health problem. New resistance types, such as vancomycin-resistant S. aureus, have been recently developed. Novel antibiotics, such as linezolid ...

Recently, a paper in the prestigious scientific journal Lancet highlighted the growing threat of drug-resistant ...

In the Philippines, historically poor regulation of antibiotic dispensing has been identified as one of the factors ...

If you or someone you know has had Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), you may be wondering, is MRSA contagious? Unfortunately, MRSA infections can also lead to much more serious ...

However, the overuse of antimicrobials has resulted in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that has led to the emergence of ...

Family members of patients recently discharged from the hospital may have a higher risk of getting an antibiotic-resistant ... as a non-toxic antimicrobial treatment. The research paper highlights ...