CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A biochemical test that can rapidly identify extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a blood culture is 100% accurate on all fronts, new ...

Travelers to areas like Latin America, Africa and South and Southeast Asia often carry antibiotics in case of infection, but treating diarrhea with those antibiotics can leave travelers at great risk ...

Food chain monitoring in Finland has found a low level of an indicator of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in meat and animals, according to recent review of data. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CRE cases were less frequent but were associated with hospitalization. Over half of CRE cases were caused by E.

This retrospective case series was conducted at a 1242-bed academic medical institution located in Columbus, OH. The SOT program was established in 1967. The transplant program maintains an electronic ...

Illustration of Enterobacteriaceae bacteria. Individual bacterium are shown as pink rod shapes. The Enterobacteriaceae family contains over a hundred species including Shigella, Klebsiella, Salmonella ...

ESBL bacteria make beta-lactamase enzymes, which promote resistance to certain broad-spectrum antibiotics. The researchers found that L. parafarraginis, a gram-positive microbe, produced a substance, ...

Credit: Getty Images Researchers assessed patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infections to determine factors associated with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing uropathogens.

Improved understanding of new K. pneumoniae strains will lead to fast, appropriate treatment strategies Klebsiella pneumoniae are bacteria that can cause various infections. These bacteria are ...

Humans and their pets tend to share a tight bond, but they may also share antibiotic-resistant bacteria, new research shows. Even worse for humans is the fact that these bacteria may contain ...