Rare Ear-Area Abscess Traced to Obscure Anaerobic Bacterium in First Documented Case
Chinese clinicians report the first documented case of a soft-tissue abscess beside the ear caused by the rare anaerobic bacterium ...
Tag: clinical microbiology
Infrared Fingerprinting Shows Promise as a Rapid First-Line Tool for Tracking Hospital Serratia Outbreaks
A German study shows FTIR spectroscopy on the IR Biotyper can rapidly and accurately screen Serratia isolates for epidemiological relatedness, ...
Last-Resort Antibiotics Are Losing Ground in Saudi Hospital Study
A five-year hospital study in western Saudi Arabia finds rapid emergence of resistance to last-resort antibiotics such as tigecycline and ...
Targeted Sequencing Outperforms Smears in Spotting Hidden Lung Infection Pathogens
A large Chinese cohort study found that both metagenomic and targeted next-generation sequencing of lung fluid outperformed conventional tests for ...
A Third of Positive Blood Cultures in Preemies Are Not Real Infections, 11-Year Study Finds
An 11-year study at a German neonatal intensive care unit found that clinicians attributed roughly one third of positive blood ...
Experiential Learning Model Boosts Microbiology Lab Exam Scores in Chinese Medical Students
A four-stage teaching model combining Kolb's experiential learning cycle and the BOPPPS framework significantly raised clinical microbiology exam scores and ...
Five-Year Hospital Surveillance Reveals Shifting Tides in Drug-Resistant Bacteria
A five-year laboratory surveillance study at a Chinese tertiary hospital found that nearly half of clinical isolates were multidrug-resistant, but ...
Flesh-Eating Vibrio Study Warns a Widely Used Diagnostic Score Misses Deadly Infections
A 19-case retrospective study in Putian, China, finds Vibrio vulnificus infection frequently causes septic shock, that local isolates remain fully ...
New Genomic Atlas Brings Order to the Mycobacterium avium Complex
A comprehensive analysis of 2,737 genomes reorganizes the Mycobacterium avium complex into fifteen species-level clusters and delivers an open-access identification ...
New Mycobacterium Species Named After Lung Infection in Cord Blood Transplant Patient
Japanese researchers used whole-genome sequencing to identify a new mycobacterial species, Mycobacterium meguroense, causing lung disease in a cord blood ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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