An international clinical trial of more than 3,600 patients in 74 hospitals, and involving Monash University researchers, has ...

Researchers have identified a promising way to predict bloodstream infections in children with high-risk leukemia days before the infection would be diagnosed using current standards of care. The test ...

A seven-day antibiotic course for patients with bloodstream infections was as effective as a 14-day course, and it had a lower mortality rate, a recent study found. The study, published on ...

New research from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has shown gut and bloodstream infections are caused by the same bacteria, giving hope of better prevention and diagnosis of deadly ...

Oncology patients undergoing cancer treatment and experiencing episodes of fever are known to be at increased risk for invasive bacterial infection, including bloodstream infection. This study aimed ...

Time to positivity, defined as the interval between blood culture incubation and the detection of pathogen growth, demonstrated a non-linear relationship with disease severity in bloodstream ...

The high incidence, mortality, morbidity and cost associated with CRBSIs have created considerable interest by healthcare providers, insurers, regulators, and patient advocates in further reducing the ...