CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — After a new CDC report found an increase in deadly drug-resistant bacteria, a professor of microbiology at the University of Illinois is sharing steps that can be taken ...

Even when bacteria appear susceptible in routine tests, tolerance can let them survive therapy long enough to drive ...

Difficult-to-treat infections caused by dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria are on an alarming upward climb, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a recent health alert. Known ...

Scientists have mapped in unprecedented detail the structure of Vibrio bacteria, which can cause life-threatening infections linked to antibiotic resistance.

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