Dear Doctors: I have had a UTI several times and know the symptoms. This last time, when I went to urgent care, they said they needed a urine culture before they could treat me. It was another day of ...

The brain is thought to be a sterile environment, free from germs. But unexpected deposits of bacteria have been found inside brain tumors, apparently affecting how the cancers grow and behave, a new ...

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a standard operation for treating large kidney stones but carries a risk of postoperative infection. Recent guidelines recommend obtaining a stone culture or ...

NEW YORK – Dutch diagnostics firm Inbiome said Friday that it has received certification under the EU's In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation for a PCR-based test to aid the identification of more than 200 ...

People are being asked to check the use-by dates of bagged salad products they’ve purchased recently after a number of Australian supermarkets issued recalls due to potential bacterial contamination.

Vector suppliers need better ways of growing adherent cells, according to the team behind a new single-use culturing platform, who say current technologies are not suited to industrial-scale ...

Bacterial vaginosis affects one third of reproductive-aged women, and recurrence is common. Evidence of sexual exchange of bacterial vaginosis–associated organisms between partners suggests that ...

Abstract: The exponential rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has gained growing interest in developing point-of-care devices capable of conducting inexpensive on-site bacterial infection testing.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Ensuring the safety of drinking water, food supplies, and environmental samples depends on detecting bacterial contamination before it causes harm. Traditional microbiological ...

Although most leaders recognize the importance of organizational culture in driving business performance, many struggle to truly understand their culture and implement effective change when needed.