Gram-negative meningitis is a form of meningitis. The term gram-negative refers to a way of differentiating bacteria. This type of bacteria is typically resistant to drugs and most available ...

With this in mind, microbiologist professor Brenda Wilson of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has shared what you ...

Physicians have relied on a class of antibiotics called polymyxins to fight potentially life-threatening Gram-negative bacterial infections for more than 80 years. These drugs are typically reserved ...

Recently there has been a rise in the number of people who have become antibiotic resistant. A new report by WHO backs up ...

Dangerous infections that no longer respond to antibiotics are spreading quickly around the world, increasing by as much as ...

Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis, while sparing healthy microbes in the mouse ...

Antibiotics, once hailed as miracle medicines, are slowly losing their power. The new WHO report shows that between 2018 and ...

Clostridium perfringens is a spore-forming bacteria that can function without oxygen (anaerobic bacteria). These gram-positive bacteria are typically found in human and animal intestines. Bacteria are ...

Scientists at Duke University report they have developed a synthetic antibiotic that could be effective against drug-resistant superbugs and bacteria such as Salmonella, Pseudomonas, and E. coli.

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs pose a growing global health threat, with WHO reporting that antimicrobial resistance is ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers in the United States of America designed and discovered lolamicin, a selective antibiotic that targets the lipoprotein transport system ...