New research presented last week at the annual conference of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)—known as ASM Microbe ...

SUMMARY. Chronic wound infections are a common comorbidity of diabetes mellitus and can progress to amputation if untreated, ye ...

Enterococci are Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic cocci that colonise the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals yet have emerged as leading causes of multidrug-resistant hospital-acquired ...

A recent Lancet Microbe study investigated the accuracy of antibiotic resistance determination from Enterococcus faecium genomes for diagnostic purposes. Study: Antibiotic resistance determination ...

A new study shows that sewage overflows in homes can expose people to bacteria that can make them sick, including ...

Allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation is a mainstay of treatment for hematologic cancers, and the gut microbiota — the collection of archaea, bacteria, fungi, protists, and viruses that reside ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Theresa Wagner has studied enterococci and antibiotic resistance for several years. Here she is photographed in connection with another research project on enterococci. Creating new vaccines is one of ...

A new weapon against superbugs WHO has identified a list of "priority pathogens" urgently requiring new antibiotics, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Enterococcus ...