For 2007, the WHO estimated 511,000 cases of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB, representing approximately 5% of all TB cases worldwide. Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected in at ...

Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, claiming 1.6 million lives annually. 1 Antimicrobial resistance is undermining efforts to curb the global tuberculosis epidemic: among ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medical decision-making remains challenging despite the unprecedented advances in technology over the past ...

An antimicrobial susceptibility test that analyzes pathogen DNA from clinical urine samples returns results in less than 30 minutes, according to the findings of a study published online today in ...

The threat of antibiotic-resistant strains of infection is an escalating global health concern and improved targeting of antibiotics is crucial in reducing the spread of resistance. Current ...

McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria - and determining which antibiotics can stop them - in just 36 minutes, a major advance in the global effort to ...