Bombs, bullets and shrapnel are taking a terrible toll on the battlefields of Ukraine and Gaza. But an old opportunistic ...

Impetigo is a bacterial infection that affects your skin, causing sores and blisters. It can appear differently depending on the stage of infection and what part of your body it affects.

For example, some researchers hope to use phages ... some scientists are hunting for alternative treatments for bacterial infections. One of these treatments, called phage therapy, actually ...

If the infection is in the hand, for example, the streaks may spread up the arm. Treatment for lymphangitis will depend on the cause. It typically results from a bacterial infection, and the ...

Researchers at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology and the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research revealed a mechanism involving protein aggregation that allows bacteria to enter a ...

Bacterial genomics can, for example, be used to study bacterial evolution or outbreaks of bacterial infections.

Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of antibiotics, a type of drug - such as penicillin or ciprofloxacin - that kills or stops the growth of bacteria. When bacteria ...