Conventional life support proved ineffective, as the necrotising lung tissue remained a primary source of systemic infection.

Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, posing significant challenges to healthcare systems. Beyond the direct ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a main cause of bacterial pneumonia worldwide. It can also cause ear and sinus infections and, in ...

For most children with complicated pneumonia, a less aggressive treatment approach is favored for those with small or moderate pleural effusions, according to updated guidance. The Infectious Diseases ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2019 and 2023, there was a 460% increase in drug-resistant bacteria.

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine ...

It could enable doctors to diagnose infections such as pneumonia much quicker - without the need for invasive blood tests.

Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung infection that causes approximately 225,000 hospitalizations among adults in the U.S. each year. Age, certain underlying medical ...

Diagnosing some diseases could be as easy as breathing into a tube. MIT engineers have developed a test to detect ...

"All clinicians could probably use fewer antibiotics, but to say we're going to wait for someone to be 'suffering' or 'on their deathbed,' is really just too extreme," Lori Handy, MD, MSCE, an ...

Severe COVID-19 may raise lung cancer risk by creating a tumour-promoting lung environment after viral pneumonia, new research suggests.