Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

The human body is a holistic system, interconnected by the circulatory, nervous, lymphatic, endocrine, and immune systems that facilitate…

The upper gastrointestinal microbiome, a complex ecosystem of microorganisms that have historically been difficult to identify, may play a…

Recurrent meningitis is a rare but serious condition, occurring in about 5% of cases of community-acquired meningitis. Recurrent episode…

The possibility of ending the HIV epidemic in Europe is more tangible than ever, but the actions we take now will determine whether we go…

A recent randomised controlled trial came to the surprising conclusion that dual gonococcal treatment with azithromycin/ceftriaxone…

Following an admission to the authors’ centre with severe anaemia, duodenal biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of Whipple’s disease…

We discovered NDM-1, which stands for New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, at the end of 2009, but nobody cared about it too much at the time…

It takes an interdisciplinary approach to solve complex problems in the microbiome because you couldn’t ask for a more complex system.