Microbiology

COVID-19 has emphasized the importance of rapid results from the laboratory

Research aims at demonstrating diagnostic value of next-generation sequencing for antimicrobial susceptibility testing and translation into clinical practice

Researchers have discovered that the human immune system recognizes the fungus well

The strongest associations were presented with azithromycin that is used to treat middle ear infections, strep throat, and pneumonia

Researchers have analyzed the billions of genes that code the antibodies in a system that allows the responses to individual benign intestinal microbes to be understood

Researchers used fecal samples to investigate whether the gut microbiome in people with HD differs to those without the HD gene 

Technology combines rapid imaging and machine learning to uncover patterns in how antibacterials kill; can be applied to many pathogens

By studying the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, researchers found that abnormal cell fusion is a novel danger signal sensed by the immune system

Large-scale study with more than 4,000 participants shows that arrhythmic bacteria are a marker for potential disease

How mass spectrometry can transform the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases