I am 78 years old and in fair health.

A 91-year-old man with a history of bladder carcinoma and left total knee arthroplasty was evaluated because of left knee pain. A culture of synovial fluid showed no growth. A diagnosis was made.

The spray-mist device developed by the researchers can reportedly deliver last-resort antibiotics directly into infected tissue without incurring the harmful side effects typically caused by ...

I'm 79, and for several years, I have been taking finasteride and tamsulosin for benign prostatic hyperplasia. (In the past, I underwent a TURP procedure, which I will ...

ROACH: About one year ago, I had Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) that was treated with 125 mg of vancomycin for about four weeks. I had none of the usual risk factors, and the cause was never ...

A new review finds that women receive 25%-40% more antibiotics, experience up to twice as many adverse reactions, yet are underrepresented in trials; clinicians should adopt sex-aware prescribing.

Theriva received a $300,000 upfront payment at signing and is eligible for up to $38M in development, regulatory, and sales ...

Bacteria can live practically anywhere; they have colonized the human body, the ocean depths, frozen ice, and blistering hot springs... | Microbiology ...

Ancient bacteria trapped in Romanian cave ice for 5,000 years shows immunity to 10 modern antibiotics, revealing resistance existed before medicine.

Deep inside a Romanian ice cave, locked away in a 5,000-year-old layer of ice, scientists have uncovered a bacterium with a ...

Extensive clinical validation and deployment are what remain to make it routine, according to University of New South Wales Scientia Professor Justin Gooding.

What is a staphylococcal infection? Staphylococcus aureus, or “staph,” are common bacteria that normally live on the skin. The bacteria also live harmlessly in the nasal passages of roughly 30 percent ...