Researchers discovered that targeting S. pyogenes metabolism with a pyruvate dehydrogenase inhibitor reduces tissue damage ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus ...

A new study reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such as necrotizing fasciitis. The ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

A community is coming together to grieve a Columbine shooting survivor who passed away from a 10-year battle with Stage 4 ...

The report said that Hochhalter died of “sepsis due to Streptococcus pyogenes.” “Complications of paraplegia due to two ...

The bacteria can cause severe complications, such as rheumatic fever, and possible damage to the kidneys, liver, or heart, along with other infections ...

This scanning electron microscope (SEM) image shows a mouse skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (pseudocolored purple). The bacterium, known as flesh-eating bacteria, has aggressively ...

Low doses of antibiotic work just as well as higher ones to treat rare type of chronic hair loss, study finds Small amounts of a common antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drug can curb symptoms ...