A new study has found widespread traces of antibiotic‑resistant bacteria in Oxford's river systems, prompting calls for year‑round water sampling. In the study, tests were carried out at four sites ...

Travelers to areas like Latin America, Africa and South and Southeast Asia often carry antibiotics in case of infection, but treating diarrhea with those antibiotics can leave travelers at great risk ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A biochemical test that can rapidly identify extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a blood culture is 100% accurate on all fronts, new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CRE cases were less frequent but were associated with hospitalization. Over half of CRE cases were caused by E.

Illustration of Enterobacteriaceae bacteria. Individual bacterium are shown as pink rod shapes. The Enterobacteriaceae family contains over a hundred species including Shigella, Klebsiella, Salmonella ...

ESBL bacteria make beta-lactamase enzymes, which promote resistance to certain broad-spectrum antibiotics. The researchers found that L. parafarraginis, a gram-positive microbe, produced a substance, ...

In a study to identify risk factors and outcomes in extended-spectrum beta-lactamose-producing Enterobacteriaceae infections in pediatric patients, researchers found 77 percent of the infections were ...