A Taiwanese study has demonstrated that human placental mesenchymal stem cells (PMSCs) were therapeutic in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumonia (hvKp) intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) by secreting ...

An international team of researchers led by the University of Southampton and funded by Bowel Research UK have ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing challenges to global public health as harmful microbes evolve to evade ...

Potential treatments for one of the world's most dangerous hospital superbugs have been found in a surprising ...

Researchers have concocted a cocktail of bacteria-fighting viruses with the potential to successfully treat antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections. In a recent study, researchers led by ...

The U.S. FDA has approved intravenous fosfomycin (Contepo) for treating adults with complicated urinary tract infections ...

Some strains of heavily antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Ghana are not successful at spreading outside of the hospital, suggesting that control measures can be focused on clinical settings to help ...

Using viruses instead of antibiotics to tame troublesome drug-resistant bacteria is a promising strategy, known as bacteriophage or "phage therapy." Scientists at the National Institutes of Health ...

Antibody responses to the O-specific polysaccharide of Klebsiella pneumoniae were immunogenic, with cross-reactivity among related subtypes; however, capsule interference with O-specific ...