A same-day urinary tract infection (UTI) test is being developed to provide relief to millions of people dealing with this ...

Chronic wound infections are often difficult to treat, partly due to bacteria like Enterococcus faecalis. This study shows that this bacterium can live inside human cells, where it is protected from ...

Bacteria block the immune system with lactic acid and cause infections to become chronic, revealing why some wounds don't ...

An international team of scientists, of NTU Singapore, has discovered a new way that could speed up the healing of chronic wounds infected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Worldwide, chronic wounds ...

An international team of scientists, headed by a team at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new way that could speed up the healing of chronic wounds ...

The FDA has cleared the use of GSK’s Blujepa for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea, unlocking the first new type of antibiotic for the infection in more than three decades. With the ...

Scientists in Norway and Australia have developed a “nano-boosted” vinegar solution that enhances acetic acid’s antibacterial properties using cobalt-doped carbon quantum dots. In mouse studies, a ...

Five Bay County beaches are under advisory due to high levels of enterococcus bacteria. Swimming is not advised at the affected locations until bacteria levels return to acceptable standards.

A combination of a positive leukocyte esterase result and a negative nitrite result on urinalysis was associated with a sevenfold higher likelihood of Enterococcus-associated urinary tract infection ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for treating urinary tract infections (UTIs), the first such drug approved in decades and the first in a new class of medications.

Bacteria in the gut have been implicated in autoimmune diseases, like lupus, that don’t primarily affect the gastrointestinal system. But how those bacteria affect the human immune system remains ...

A new study finds that two subtypes of pathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) produce five to 16 times more protective capsular “slime” when Enterococcus faecalis (EF) is present. The finding could ...