
Doctors have long worried about the evolution of a disease that would defeat antibiotic treatments. There are now two such “superbugs” on the medical radar screen, and one of them is spreading through the United States.
by John Hayward5 Dec 2015, 10:56 AM PST0

A new study showing rapid adaptation of harmful bacteria able to resist even the sternest antibiotics has led a number of scientists to warn of an imminent “post-antibiotic era” when current medicine will find itself unable to treat many common
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.19 Nov 2015, 3:06 AM PST0

Those furry things on men’s faces known as beards contain much of the same bacteria as found in fecal matter.
by Robert Wilde5 May 2015, 6:47 AM PST0

A procedure called ERCP, or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, which uses a specialized endoscope to deal with ailments of the digestive system, has unwittingly introduced a superbug called CRE, or carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, into at least two patients at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center who died as a result. Five other patients were also exposed to the superbug; 180 more may have been exposed.
by William Bigelow19 Feb 2015, 5:28 AM PST0