Will the current pipeline for antimicrobial candidates against Gram-negative bacterial pathogens such as Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa be effective enough to treat the pathogens?

Deletion of these enzymes results in greater susceptibility of Gram-negative bacilli to human serum in vitro and attenuated virulence in vivo. [72, 73] Although scientifically this approach is ...

Seven days of antibiotics was noninferior to 14 days for treating Gram-negative bloodstream infections, supporting shorter ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have solved a 60-year-old mystery in bacterial cell envelope biology, defining the primary function of an important protein complex ...

A French woman from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has been identified as the only known carrier of a new blood type, dubbed "Gwada negative," France's blood supply agency has announced.

A 14-year-old boy in South Carolina tragically died from meningococcemia, a rare and rapidly progressing blood infection. Doctors are emphasizing the importance of recognizing early symptoms ...

A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

A rare new blood type has been discovered, so "step aside A, B and O – there's a new player in town", said Gizmodo. So far, the "Gwada negative" blood type has been identified only in one person ...

'Gwada negative': French scientists find new blood type in woman The patient was undergoing routine tests before surgery when the unknown antibody was detected.

Wayne Lukas had been battling a severe Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood infection. He died on Saturday at the age of 89.

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