Over 500,000 US patients hospitalized with nonsevere COVID-19 saw no clinically significant benefit and potential harm ...

The current standard for sepsis diagnosis involves complex blood culture tests which can take days to deliver results and often fail to identify pathogens in patients suspected of sepsis.

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We assessed the effect of dysbiosis on DUOX2 signalling and intestinal permeability (FITC-dextran, serum zonulin, bacterial translocation ... soy agar with 5% sheep blood plates (Lonza) and incubated ...

Blood cultures (blood tests done to see if bacteria are present in the blood) are often done. If the infection is found to be bacterial, then antibiotic treatment will likely be started right away.

In the article by DeSimone et al, “Blood Culture–Negative Endocarditis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association,” which published ahead of print on March 17, 2025, and appeared in ...

Wading through swamps, letting bloodsucking parasites cling to your bare legs… all in a day's work. Meet the leech collectors—unsung heroes (or victims?) of medieval medicine’s darkest days ...

3 Department of Biology & Center for Microbial Sciences, 5500 Campanile Dr. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA Work on the blood–brain barrier and bacterial meningitis in KS ...