Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine ...

Establishes new standard for fighting hospital-acquired infections (HAI) and appropriate antibiotic use “Our initial product, as well as the family of tests we intend to offer based on our ...

An overgrowth of intestinal bacteria is often present in adult population of Westernized countries, because of poor daily intake of fibres and faecal stasis; such an overgrowth contributes to a ...

Hydrogen breath tests are a diagnostic tool that doctors use to identify small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), lactose intolerance, and other digestive conditions. The test measures the amount ...

A simple blood test that can diagnose an infection as bacterial or viral may improve care and address antibiotic overuse, say Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. While antibiotics ...

Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers have developed a pocket-sized breath test they say can detect malodorous bacteria in the mouth and alert people that they could have bad breath. The ...

These motility organs play important roles in DNA uptake to exchange genetic information between different bacteria, allowing what's so-called genomic plasticity. Therefore, bacterial motility organs ...

Bacteria are evolving resistance to antibiotics at an alarming rate, and according to a report released last year these so-called superbugs could kill 10 million people a year by 2050 if we don't take ...

A new ribonucleic acid expression-measuring blood test can help determine if a bacterial or viral infection caused fever in infants, according to a study published in the Journal of the American ...