After each washing, DNA sequencing of biofilm samples from inside the machines revealed the presence of potentially ...

The recently discovered bacterium Staphylococcus borealis, named after the Northern Lights, turns out to be resistant to several classes of antibiotics. The elderly are especially at risk.

A new study has revealed a startling truth about home washing machines: they may be harboring dangerous, antibiotic-resistant ...

Researchers have developed next-generation rifamycin analogs that effectively kill both replicating and nonreplicating Mycobacterium abscessus while minimizing drug-drug interactions. Lead candidates ...

"Hospital-acquired infections are a major public health issue, partly because they often involve antibiotic-resistant ...

Researchers in the United Kingdom identified an enzyme, which they called Pap1, in a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...

Staphylococcus borealis has been found to be resistant to several different types of antibiotics, posing a potentially ...

Staphylococcus borealis has been found to be resistant to several different types of antibiotics, posing a potentially significant problem for the ...

A dangerous hospital superbug, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, can now digest medical plastic like sutures and implants, ...

The incidence of infection by Mycobacterium abscessus is increasing in patients with cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive ...

The common hospital-acquired, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection is known to ... use broken-down plastic fragments to form tougher biofilms—coatings of protective slime that can increase ...