It’s the most common cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the US and the second most frequent cause of urinary tract infections worldwide, after Escherichia coli (E coli). If it infects wounds or ...

To understand how this pathogen adapts to different locations in the body, and also how the host responds to the invading microbe, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the ...

A new study has used DNA sequencing to provide the first detailed genetic picture of an evolutionary war between Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria and the vaccines and antibiotics used against it over ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important bacterial pathogen of many infectious diseases affecting infants and ...

New research has found that antibiotic-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, an opportunistic pathogen that can cause respiratory and bloodstream infections in humans, are spreading through ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. These germs can live almost anywhere, including in water, soil, and inside of mammals. They are often harmless. But the ...

Pneumonia is the lead cause of mortality and morbidity among children under the age of 5 years old and has been referred to as the “forgotten killer of children” by UNICEF. It can cause inflammation ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Imagine a pathogen that infects completely healthy people and can cause blindness in one day and flesh-eating infections, brain abscesses and death in just a few days. Now imagine that ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common species of bacteria found in our bodies – and may even be lurking in your gut, mouth or nose right now. But it’s also a notoriously harmful bacteria that can make us ...