The rise of drug-resistant bacteria is complicating care in hospitals around the world. Among the most feared are the ...

Researchers have discovered and characterized at the atomic level a mechanism that enables bacterial pathogens—including ...

Researchers at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology have identified a previously unknown chemical modification in bacteriophage DNA, a sugar-based disguise that helps viruses slip ...

Acinetobacter bacteria are not airborne, but can be spread through direct contact with surfaces, objects, or the skin of people that are contaminated with A. baumannii. Bloodstream infections often ...

Hospital-acquired infections are often hard to treat because the corresponding pathogens become increasingly resistant against antibiotics. The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is particularly feared ...

The clinical burden of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has worsened across U.S. hospitals in recent years, according to a study published April 17 in BMC Infectious Diseases. The ...

NG Biotech manufactured the assays in France, with Hardy Diagnostics serving as the exclusive distributor in the US.

A dangerous superbug resistant to antibiotics has been spreading in Malaysia. The bug, Acinetobacter baumannii, causes severe infections, particularly in hospitals. Researchers are concerned about its ...

A research team has discovered a fundamental mechanism that helps the dreaded hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii to survive. This mechanism explains why the pathogen is difficult to eradicate ...