These viral infections typically clear up in about seven to 10 days, while bacterial sinus infections, which aren't typically contagious, may last longer and often require antibiotics. If the sinus ...

Paronychia is a type of nail infection, most commonly caused by the bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus, which affects the skin around the nail (called nail folds). It can also occur as a result of ...

the infection can trigger deadly conditions such as sepsis, organ failure or toxic shock syndrome. Also in 2023, a 52-year-old man in Florida was infected with "flesh-eating" bacteria in his left ...

There was another death last week and three more cases of infection from the Vibrio vulnificusa or so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, according to the latest data from the Florida Department of ...

Published by Elsevier Ltd. I read with great interest the study by Robert F J Kullberg and colleagues, 1 which presents compelling evidence on the association between gut microbiota ...

be used to study bacterial evolution or outbreaks of bacterial infections. Microbial communities are predominantly composed of species and intraspecies units, but the mechanisms behind the ...

There were 601,319 cases of the bacterial infection gonorrhea reported in 2023, the second straight year of declines. The rate of gonorrhea cases decreased 7.7% from 2022 to 2023 and 9.2% from ...

after he misspelt word 'stye'.... as 'STI' NHS shares video explaining how to treat a stye yourself with a clean flannel and warm water. A stye is a a red lump that can form around the eye.

T4 viruses with mutations in certain genes produce unassembled viral components. These particles are combined in the test tube in an effort to learn how the genes of a virus specify its shape ...