ORLANDO — Legionella can survive and spread through ice machines, potentially infecting ill patients depending on their condition, according to a study presented at SHEA Spring. ORLANDO ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During the outbreak, 12 confirmed cases and four deaths were reported. Officials launched the first trial to ...

A rumor that cellphones are 10 times dirtier than toilet seats has circulated online for years. For example, iterations of the claim have appeared on Instagram, Facebook and Reddit since at least ...

No single strategy to eradicate the carrier state has proven successful or practical in controlling nosocomial spread of MRSA (Boyce, 2001). Many investigators contend that limiting spread of MRSA ...

Clinically, the features of acute bacterial pneumonia present no differently among gravid and nonpregnant patients. Hopwood [8] reported that among 23 pregnant patients who developed pneumonia ...

Background: Nosocomial infections are a significant public health problem worldwide, affecting hundreds of millions of patients annually. However, studies on nosocomial infections specifically focused ...

This Research Topic aims to delve into the virulence and resistance mechanisms of nosocomial fungi, improving our understanding of how these organisms become life-threatening. By understanding these ...

Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, Italian Research Council (CNR), Naples 80131, Italy ...