Severe acute pancreatitis is frequently complicated by hospital-acquired infections that worsen outcomes and prolong intensive care stays. New evidence suggests that modulating the microbiome may ...

A newly developed antibiotic called EVG7 could offer a powerful new way to stop Clostridioides difficile, a dangerous gut bacterium that often returns after treatment. In mouse studies, researchers ...

Restoring the gut microbiota through fecal microbiota transplantation reversed these effects. The treatment replenished CX3CR1-positive NK cells, reduced lung damage, and improved survival. Targeted ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known ...

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine are studying C. diff at multiple levels, from how individual bacterial ...

ETVAX is the first vaccine that offers significant protection against pathogenic E. coli in children ...

Patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia are routinely treated with multiple antibiotics to prevent infection, a practice that new research from Texas A&M University shows ...

SDG 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. The human microbiome has a critical role in health and in a wide range of diseases. There are ongoing preclinical and clinical ...

A new UC Davis Health study has uncovered how Salmonella bacteria, a major cause of food poisoning, can invade the gut even when protective bacteria are present. The research, published in the ...

About half of extremely preterm babies have at least one life-threatening bacterial infection in their bloodstream after 72 hours of life. Now, new research points to the babies' own gut microbiomes ...

Sepsis and severe pneumonia are frequently accompanied by disruption of the gut microbiota, leading to immune dysfunction and ...