Kitchen sponges have been shown to cultivate more bacteria than the traditional agar plates used in ... conditions like meningitis, pneumonia, and septicemia (blood poisoning).

Klebsiella pneumoniae, a dangerous bacterium responsible for pneumonia, has been discovered in Ukraine. Experts are alarmed as the bacterium is resistant to drugs. Scientists believe it poses a ...

Patients with suspected bacterial pneumonia are being asked to enroll. Researchers will be looking at RNA sequencing, rather than DNA as it doesn't last very long in the blood, that way they'll ...

Since 2002, obtaining blood cultures in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) before starting antibiotics has been one of the quality measures on which hospitals are graded by ...

Aug. 6, 2024 — An AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found that most of the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will change from a patient's entrance to their ...

If you get pneumonia, it means you have an infection in your lungs caused by bacteria, viruses, and other germs. Learning which type you have will help your doctor suggest a treatment.

Background: Blood cultures are frequently obtained in the emergency department (ED) evaluation of children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Objectives: To determine the prevalence of ...

on agar. P. mirabilis was the only organism ... X-ray study of the lungs on the next day showed "bilateral pneumonia"; the blood urea nitrogen was 32 mg., and the serum creatinine 1 mg.