Surveillance of antimicrobial resistant diseases could be more challenging outside of the European Union: In a new report from the Microbiology Society, experts from around the UK explain the desperate need for long-term and ambitious funding for surveillance and research into antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The next pandemic is likely to be associated with antimicrobial resistance, […]
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Fungi have existed within our bodies for millennia, usually staying at low enough levels to cause no harm. Candida albicans normally exists harmlessly in our guts. However, under certain circumstances, it can proliferate to cause oral or genital thrush, and for some people with compromised immune systems, such as transplant patients, Candida albicans can survive in […]
Scientific research is an ongoing process and one conclusion often raises more questions than it answers. Our research, published in the journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection in June, provides evidence that some types of blood infections are more fatal in women than in men. In a large cohort of patients with bacteraemia caused by […]