“It’s genuinely surprising that the add-on gives vancomycin any ability at all to hit gram negatives,” says Kim Lewis, an ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist ...

Gram-negative bacteria's thick outer membrane prevents entry of toxic molecules, including antibiotics. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Gram-negative bacteria, notorious for their intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms, pose a significant threat to public health. The emergence 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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients given IV and oral antibiotics had similar rates of bacteremia recurrence and reinitiation of therapy.

Clostridium perfringens is a spore-forming bacteria that can function without oxygen (anaerobic bacteria). These gram-positive bacteria are typically found in human and animal intestines. Bacteria are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Infectious Diseases Society of America published new guidance this week for the treatment of ...

• 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 ...