An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new ...

Scientists have discovered 13 new bacteria species in unique foods and environments that could transform health and the environment.

A multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) is a living organism, bacteria, or fungi that has evolved and mutated to protect itself from medications that were once used to treat the infection they cause.

Bacterial colonization in hospitalized patients is an important step in nosocomial infections. Frequent employment of antimicrobials can modify patients' normal microbiota, favoring colonization and ...

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Scientists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic hidden within the compound pre-methylenomycin C lactone, which shows real effectiveness against drug-resistant infections such as MRSA and VRE. AMR ...

1. In this randomized clinical trial, oral vancomycin reduced the risk of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in participants with previous CDI, although not with a statistically ...

C. difficile infection recurrence rates were numerically lower with vancomycin than with placebo, though the difference was not significant. However, the results could be clinically meaningful, an ...