CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A blood test that quickly detects bacterial infection may help hospitals avoid the overuse of antibiotics and the dangers of antibiotic resistance if it proves effective in clinical ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A pivotal multi-center study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases demonstrates the effectiveness of the Karius Test®, a blood test based on metagenomics ...

Pneumococcal urinary antigen testing (PUAT) may be a useful antibiotic stewardship tool when diagnosing and treating pneumonia, pharmacist-researchers say. PUAT is a rapid test that can be used to ...

Out of a collaboration between the University of Manchester (U.K.) Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy and the Salford (U.K.) Royal National HealthService Foundation Trust comes a test that ...

A team of scientists and doctors developed a DNA test that they say can more quickly diagnose hospitalized COVID-19 patients with other infections, such as pneumonia, while on a mechanical ventilator ...

Biochemists have developed a urine test that can rapidly and accurately diagnose the cause of pneumonia-like symptoms. The test should enable doctors to quickly provide appropriate treatments for ...

Researchers have developed a DNA test to quickly identify secondary infections in COVID-19 patients, who have double the risk of developing pneumonia while on ventilation than non-COVID-19 patients.

Lara Marks has received funding from the UK Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre. Andrew Morris receives funding from the ...

You're probably very familiar by now with the most common respiratory illnesses that can cause winter misery: cold, flu, COVID-19, and RSV. But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

Researchers identified a bacterial enzyme that enables Streptococcus pneumoniae to invade heart cells and cause damage, ...

Health experts are urging voters to take precautions at the polls amid a surge in cases of so-called "walking pneumonia." Test positivity for the bacterial infection has more than tripled since late ...