Shigella is a routine source of diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. While most cases only cause a week-long bout of misery that clears up on its own, the infection can rarely trigger ...

Researchers at NYU College of Dentistry and NYU Grossman School of Medicine are closer to understanding what drives the ...

Iron-chelating pyoverdines from environmental Pseudomonas spp. show promising antibacterial activity against key human pathogens through the induction of iron starvation, while associated toxicity for ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are very common. A 2022 analysis found that more than 404.6 million people worldwide had UTIs in 2019. UTIs happen when bacteria from the skin or rectum enter the ...

These results add to the growing body of evidence supporting a role for vitamin D in the susceptibility to infection-related illness in children. Randomized intervention trials are needed to ...

Viral infection is the invasion of the body by ... correlating with neutralization loss. The underlying mechanisms offer insights into enhanced neutralization. Adoptive T-cell immunotherapy ...

A: Animal; ACE: Accessory cholera enterotoxin; H: Human; ZOT: Zonula occludens toxin.

Fever is very common in young children and it can be difficult to distinguish between simple viral illnesses and life-threatening bacterial infections in this group. Our guideline on fever in under 5s ...

Enzyme mechanisms are the chemical transformations, and the steps within them, generated by enzymatic action on substrates. The mechanism of enzyme catalysis is similar in principle to other types ...

To perform comprehensive surveillance for healthcare-associated infections and epidemiologically significant organisms and To create, implement, support, and sustain evidence-based interventions to ...

Dec. 11, 2024 — Researchers discovered a vulnerability in viral enzymes that could lead to novel treatments for diseases as diverse as COVID-19 and Ebola -- while also minimizing side effects ...