A new blood test is designed to find mold infections deep inside the body, sparing patients from tissue biopsies.

Findings highlight the importance of infection prevention measures and personalized heart failure care.

Sepsis, a life-threatening organ dysfunction, is responsible for an estimated 1 in 5 deaths globally and 1 in 3 deaths that ...

A research team at UCLA has developed a deep learning-powered chemiluminescence vertical flow assay (CL-VFA) that brings ...

India's first heart failure registry reveals younger patients, high mortality rates, and varying causes of heart failure.

A newlywed Baltimore Ravens Marching Band member from Hagerstown is facing a life-threatening battle with a severe blood ...

Steve Schwarz underwent spinal surgery, only to later succumb to MRSA due to discontinuation of antibiotics at a care home.

Demisha Jennings, 32, visited the dentist to get a tooth pulled several years ago in Indiana but on returning home, she found ...

Penicillin was discovered in 1928 and has been used to treat various infections since the 1940s. Amoxicillin is a semi-synthetic penicillin that became available in 1972. Amoxicillin and penicillin ...

Many diseases can be spread through saliva alone, including viral and bacterial infections. Our saliva is naturally protective against disease spread. However, this protection can be compromised by ...

These situations include bacteremia and endocarditis ... [265] A stepwise diagnostic approach may also be developed, including detection of bacterial DNA (e.g., 16S rDNA), detection of DNA ...

The fluoride levels in his blood, urine and bones were all elevated. The diagnosis: The patient was diagnosed with skeletal fluorosis, a condition caused by long-term exposure to high levels of ...