Researchers at Harvard University and Jiangsu University developed a technique for not only identifying infected cells, but also tracking the infection over time as the cells developed. They published ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a method for diagnosing urinary tract infections that ...

Current practice for clinicians trying to determine whether a patient’s wound is infected entails plating the bacteria and letting it incubate overnight, a process than can take 24 hours to complete.

Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), which includes conditions such as pneumonia, has long been the leading cause of death from communicable agents and a leading cause of death in children ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Chest X-rays are not a quick way to diagnose and treat patients with suspected lung infections. An imaging ...

Hispanic, Latino, and non-Hispanic Black Americans on dialysis for end-stage kidney disease have a higher risk of developing life-threatening bloodstream infections, a new report says. And those ...

People with cystic fibrosis are prone to infections because of the thick mucus that clogs their airways. They are also prone to infections because their mucus and airway liquid does not have the same ...

When a person presents with the symptoms of a viral infection, a diagnosis may not be so straightforward unless they are infected with a known pathogen. Most rapid diagnostic assays look for specific ...

A lack of consensus for the term “immunocompromised” suggests that studies demonstrating the effectiveness of infection prevention in surgical patients at a high risk of wound infection may have ...

People are no longer asked to cover their mouth for a cough or sneeze. That was the old recommendation. The revised cough/sneeze guideline is to aim into the elbow. Germs are less likely to spread ...

Boehringer Ingelheim (BI)has started working with swine producers across the country to help implement Infection/Prevention Chain™ into their herds as a systematic approach to disease control. It is ...