While clinical microbiology laboratories are pivotal in the identification and handling of infectious diseases, the microbiology lab environment is rapidly changing. Conventional testing methods are ...

Frequent urination. An uncomfortable burning sensation. A sudden urge to go to the bathroom. Our patient, a 55-year-old woman, was experiencing these symptoms every few weeks. She also knew all too ...

Urinary tract infections are both very common and potentially very dangerous. Around 80 per cent of UTIs are caused by uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), which is increasingly resistant to antibiotics. E.

Urine that’s unexpectedly bloody warrants a trip to the hospital or emergency room. Flu-like symptoms may also be a sign of severe infection, so it’s important to seek medical care. Prompt diagnosis ...

Actinobaculum schaalii, now more frequently reclassified as Actinotignum schaalii, is a Gram‐positive, facultative anaerobe implicated in a range of genitourinary infections. Although traditionally ...

Two new studies utilize novel organoid and organ-on-a-chip technology to investigate antibiotic resistance and urinary tract infection (UTI) recurrence. UTIs are typically caused by a subspecies of ...