Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators have discovered a key process in how the outer membrane of gram ...

Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis, while sparing healthy microbes in the mouse ...

A team led by Paul Hergenrother at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has discovered a new antibiotic that exclusively targets gram-negative bacteria and avoids wiping out the ecosystem of ...

† VIMs are made up of 266 amino acid residues with the exception of VIM-7 (265 residues) and VIM-18 (262 residues). VIM-21, -22 and -27 have been assigned in the Lahey Clinic [201], but there are no ...

Mouths are filthy, harboring the second largest microbiome of the human body. Some bacteria can help break down food, among other responsibilities; other bacteria can travel into the mouth on food, ...

About The Study: Among patients with gram-negative bacilli bloodstream infections, rapid blood culture antimicrobial susceptibility testing was not superior to standard testing by desirability of ...

Gram-negative meningitis is a form of meningitis. The term gram-negative refers to a way of differentiating bacteria. This type of bacteria is typically resistant to drugs and most available ...

• Require X (hemin) and/or V (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) factors for growth • Responsible for 0.5–1% of all cases of IE • Haemophilus aphrophilus is the most common species responsible for IE ...