Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

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

UK surveillance data reveal a substantial increase in serious Streptococcus anginosus group infections

Southern China has identified Candidozyma auris, formerly known as Candida auris, as the most common cause of candidemia in a tertiary hospital, with all isolates resistant to fluconazole.

Antimicrobial resistance and Enterococcus infections were associated with delayed resolution, more interventions and poorer outcomes after pancreatic fluid collection therapy.