This guide deconstructs the pathophysiology of UTIs, exploring the anatomical risks in women, and the efficacy of antibiotic ...

ATLANTA -- A combined intervention against recurrent Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) that included both personal periodic decolonization and home environmental hygiene ...

Former Olympic wrestler and mixed martial artist Ben Askren has shared a detailed account of the chain of events that led to his near-fatal hospitalization and subsequent double lung transplant.

Computers sometimes have their own bugs to deal with, but the GPU-based Delta system at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications chipped in to help researchers learn more about what makes ...

Some microbes can be quite clingy. Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterial species responsible for staph infections, latches onto human skin with one of the strongest biological bonds ever recorded, ...

Illustration of the molecular handshake driving Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to human skin. The bacterial adhesin SdrD (purple) binds tightly to the host receptor desmoglein-1 (DSG-1, orange) on ...

The Staphylococcus bacteria that cause staph infections are with you always, minding their own business as they live on your skin and in your nose, per the Cleveland Clinic. But if they get inside ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There are plenty of infections that you get on a regular basis, such as a cold or a stomach bug, and ...

A new way to battle bloodborne staph infections could help save lives while combating the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to new clinical trial results. Two intravenous doses of the ...

A new means of battling dangerous staph infections has been found Two doses of dalbavancin delivered a week apart worked as well as daily doses of conventional antibiotics Dalbavancin was easier to ...

Researchers across 23 medical centers found a new two-dose treatment that could be as effective as standard treatment for complicated Staphylococcus aureus. The study was led by researchers from ...