Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

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…

Bacteriophages can help bacteria develop new functions by revealing their hidden potential, according to a study from Uppsala University, Uppsala…

Dynamics of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) transfer between bacterial populations, and the ways in which this affects the emergence and spread of disease…

Development of new forms of antibiotics to combat various bacterial infections could be on the horizon following a study uncovering the ways in which a…

NEW ANTIOBIOTIC resistance mechanisms have been discovered by researchers at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, which could pave the way for…

THE STRUCTURE of a protein complex crucial for gene expression has been revealed, showing how viruses such as influenza target the protein within the…