NewsDesk @bactiman63 Bacteriophages – viruses that kill bacteria–were successfully used for the first time to treat an antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium abscessus  lung infection to allow a cystic...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 For the first time, researchers have successfully used bacteriophages – viruses that kill bacteria – to treat an antibiotic-resistant mycobacterial lung infection, clearing the...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Health Department of Mato Grosso do Sul, through the Health Surveillance, issued an alert to the health services of the 79 municipalities about the outbreak of Mycobacteriosis...

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Medicine have developed a possible new antibiotic for a pathogen that is notoriously resistant to medications and frequently lethal for people with cystic fibrosis...

A new treatment developed by researchers at Aston University and Birmingham Children’s Hospital has been found to completely kill a bacterial infection that can be deadly to cystic fibrosis patients...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 An epidemiological alert has been issued by the Argentina Ministry of Health following an outbreak in skin infections associated with tattoos in multiple provinces, according...

Officials with the Children’s Hospital in New Orleans are reporting a small group children who developed a surgical site infection suspected to be Mycobacterium abscessus post cardiac surgery. The...

A multi-drug resistant infection that can cause life-threatening illness in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and can spread from patient to patient has spread globally and is becoming increasingly virulent,...

Orange County health officials reported three additional cases in the Mycobacterium outbreak linked to pulpotomies performed at the Children’s Dental Clinic of Anaheim, bringing the total to 25. Eight...

In a follow-up to a report last week concerning infections in children that received dental procedures at the Children’s Dental Clinic of Anaheim, health officials released new numbers today which show...