Researchers have developed a new way of counting microorganisms that works as much as 36 times faster than conventional methods, cuts plastic use more than 15-fold and substantially decreases the cost ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

In infants who had bacteremia (bacteria in the blood) the test had 94-percent sensitivity; meaning it aligned with the bacterial culture in 94 percent of the cases. For febrile infants whose fever was ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...