coli – tells another story: Most health care-associated infections are caused by previously harmless bacteria that patients already had on their bodies before they even entered the hospital.

Increased use of ventilation and air cleaners, designed to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals, is likely to have unpredictable effects and may cause viral particles to move around ...

Water testing has revealed elevated levels of Legionella bacteria at Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican Hospital's Siena Campus in Henderson, Nev., ABC affiliate KTNV reported Jan. 17. The hospital is ...

A common bacteria usually found in the mouth and gastrointestinal tract, Streptococcus anginosis, may be abundant in the guts of people with stroke and is associated with a worse prognosis and ...

The University Hospital of canton Vaud (Chuv) is the first Swiss hospital to receive approval for the production of such drugs from donor stool.

Amid the bustling corridors of Dhaka's hospitals, an invisible danger wafts silently through the air -- drug-resistant bacteria. A recent study, published in the renowned British weekly scientific ...