Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Resistant Salmonella may protect probiotics during antibiotic treatment, offering a potential new approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance.

Children of healthcare workers had lower nasal microbial diversity, suggesting parental occupation may influence early-life microbial exposure.

Bacteria were found on 84.5% of healthcare workers’ masks, with MRSA also detected, highlighting the importance of mask hygiene and handling.

A tailored treatment strategy reduced antibiotic duration by 15 days in patients with left sided infective endocarditis in the POET-II trial, presented during ESC Congress 2026.

An optimised reverse transcriptase assay detected very low HIV viral loads and phenotypic drug resistance in around 2 hours, potentially offering a more accessible approach to resistance monitoring.

A six-tRNA biomarker panel detected HIV-2 and differentiated it from HIV-1 with 100% accuracy in an early proof-of-concept study, offering a potential host-derived approach to HIV diagnosis.

Researchers found that prone positioning increased bacterial titres in the anterior nares, particularly during respiratory illness, providing further evidence for a proposed bacterial contribution to sudden infant death syndrome.

UK medicines regulator highlights evidence from millions of children showing no association between vaccination and autism