July 08, 2019
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As little as 10 minutes of ocean swimming can replace the skin microbiome, and bacteria can persist on skin for 24 hours after swimming.
July 05, 2019
Cases of C auris have been reported in 12 states. Investigators believe they’ve found a new way to attack the fungus using combinations of antifungal and antibacterial medications.
July 02, 2019
Bacteriophages found in kitchen sponges may hold promise for the treatment of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections.
July 01, 2019
The global emergence of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative species is a major public health concern.
June 25, 2019
A symposium at ASM Microbe 2019 considered some specific examples of how bacteriophage shape the microbiome and also zoomed out for a higher-altitude view of the microbiome.
A look at the latest developments in drugs intended to quell gram-positive pathogens, including Clostridioides difficile and non-tuberculosis mycobacterial infections, as presented at ASM Microbe 2019.
Australian investigators conducted an assessment to determine if cannabidiol was effective at killing a range of gram-positive bacteria.
June 24, 2019
The research team used single site testing for 1442 (32%) patients with 54 positive (4%) results. Multiple site testing was performed on 3037 (68%) patients and 255 (8%) were positive from at least 1 site tested.
Survey results emphasize the value of educating full-time students with science- and health care-focused majors about vaccines.
June 21, 2019
De-escalation to monotherapy upon bacteremia resolution did not result in unfavorable outcome differences compared with those who continued combination therapy.
