Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

MICROBIOTA of the gut, which have a profound influence on the host’s body functions, can be restored through faecal transplantation in infants born through caesarean section (C-section).

REPLICATION of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been shown to be inhibited by an antiviral medication approved in the treatment against multiple sclerosis in vitro.

ANTIBIOTIC resistance is a major cause for concern in modern medicine, with the responsible use of antibiotics being advocated for worldwide…

POLYMERASE, a protein used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to replicate its genome while inside infected human cells, is a target that researchers from Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA, and University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA…

WORLD leaders and representatives from 52 countries have united in a global effort to immunise 300 million children by the end of 2025.

One week ago, I sat on the side of my bed and measured my oxygen saturation (sats). Our local COVID-19 pathway, which I was involved in creating, stated that a safe level was 94%. Mine was 89%. Strictly speaking, I should have rung 999 and been taken to hospital.

Primary care has undergone more change in the last few weeks than in the preceding decade, a huge reaction catalysed by COVID-19, changing the NHS.

Today we celebrate the release of our latest publication EMJ Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the first ejournal in this therapeutic area from EMJ…