hospital-acquired infections

Researchers use genetic clues to track the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria from the environment to patients.

Mice receiving the treatment produced their own monoclonal antibodies and survived infection with the life-threatening pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Meet some of the people featured in the May 2016 issue of The Scientist.

A naturally occurring clay, used in traditional Native American medicine, shows promise as an antibiotic.

Coating hospital surfaces, surgical equipment, patient implants, and water-delivery systems with nanoscale patterns and particles could curb the rise of hospital-acquired infections.

Metal ions and materials with nanoscale patterns can kill even antibiotic-resistant pathogens. 

This research found that coating hospital surfaces with copper helped battle microbes and the infections they spread.

Researchers identify a molecule that protects antibiotic-treated mice from an opportunistic bacterial infection.

The US Senate has found hospitals, a device maker, and federal regulators dragged their feet on reporting contaminated endoscopes.

Researchers build a mathematical model that can predict whether a mouse will be infected by Clostridium difficile based on the microbes found in its GI tract.

Stuart Levy has spent a lifetime studying mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and crusading to abolish the use of antibiotics in animal feed.

New research suggests Ebola can survive on surfaces for days and can be transmitted via semen.

Researchers have isolated a new kind of antibiotic from a previously unknown and uncultured bacterial genus.  

Lengthy stints in intensive care units pare down patients’ gut microflora, a study shows.

Surfaces covered in a micropattern mimicking the ridges of shark skin could reduce the spread of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other superbugs in hospitals.

New urinary catheter design facilitates the elimination of bacterial biofilms that can cause blockages and increase the risk of urinary tract infections.

A survey of bacteria in a University of Oregon building reveals that architecture influences the indoor microbiome.

A single hospital was at the epicenter of an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

A scientist’s desperate attempts to prove that Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy landed him on trial, but his insights into the disease’s pathology were eventually vindicated.

An expert committee will decide whether to escalate efforts to combat the novel coronavirus that is spreading throughout the Middle East.