Washington State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an electrochemical catheter hub that could someday help prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) ...

Time to positivity, defined as the interval between blood culture incubation and the detection of pathogen growth, demonstrated a non-linear relationship with disease severity in bloodstream ...

A 7-day course of antibiotics for patients hospitalized with bloodstream infections was just as effective as a 14-day course, according to results of the randomized, open-label BALANCE trial. Among ...

The immune system, the body's defense network against infections and injuries, can sometimes become too active. In these ...

Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat to public health, already associated with more than 1 million attributable deaths per year; Enterobacterales, including Escherichia coli, are the pathogens ...

Polymicrobial bloodstream infections constitute a complex interplay of multiple pathogens invading the circulatory system, often originating from diverse sources such as intravascular devices, ...

The release of the first updated guidelines since 2002, coincide with a new requirement enacted this year in which hospitals that accept Medicare patients must report central-line associated blood ...

Every year, antibiotic-resistant infections contribute to millions of deaths around the world. Age and sex can influence people’s susceptibility to these infections, but researchers do not know the ...

Recognizing an unusual prevalence of bloodstream infections (BSI) that threatened extremely ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) infection ...

Universal skin decolonisation of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) may not improve infection control. New research led by the University of Aberdeen indicated that it might increase ...