When a bacterium becomes resistant to one antibiotic, it may sometimes become more sensitive to another. This biological side ...

Since their discovery in 1928, antibiotics have become a common way of treating infections caused by bacteria, fungi and other microbes. To treat an infection, a doctor usually prescribes a course of ...

Antibiotic resistance is on the rise in an alarming amount of bacteria, but overuse and misuse of antibiotics may not be the only cause. Ecologists have recently found that in polluted areas, more ...

Approximately 1.2 million people in the U.S. contract nontyphoidal Salmonella every year. The infections result in 23,000 hospitalizations and 450 deaths annually. Among the infections, more than ...

When the world’s first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered in 1928 and years later used to treat bacterial infections, it changed the course of modern medicine. Fast forward to now and the fiendish ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (UPI) --People with diabetes are more prone to developing Staphylococcus aureus, a leading cause of infections and death associated with resistance to antibiotics, a new study has ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Centers for Disease Control is sounding the alarm for what it calls an urgent global public health threat. The CDC is worried about the dangers of antibiotic overuse which ...

Ancient Bacteria Frozen for 5,000 Years Is Resistant to 10 Antibiotics and Could Escape as Ice Melts ...

XDR typhoid spreads across regions, weakening key antibiotics and raising urgent calls for vaccination, new drugs and stronger global surveillance.

European surveillance data have revealed that Campylobacter bacteria in humans and animals and some strains of Salmonella continue to be highly resistant to widely used antimicrobials. The two genera ...

A newly developed antibiotic called EVG7 could offer a powerful new way to stop Clostridioides difficile, a dangerous gut bacterium that often returns after treatment. In mouse studies, researchers ...

Typhoid fever, an illness that has been controlled in developed countries since the early 20th century, is evolving to be ...