Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) have been arising as an important cause of mortality worldwide mainly due to the increasing escalation of antimicrobial resistance 1. HCAIs are characterized ...

Unknown germs are a common occurrence in hospitals. Researchers at the University of Basel have spent many years collecting and analyzing them. They have identified many new species of bacteria, some ...

A growing body of research has shown that bacteria are not only present in the gut and respiratory tract, but can also exist inside primary and metastatic tumors. These tumor associated bacteria are ...

Clinical bacteriology relies on the ability to identify cultured isolates. However, unknown isolates are common in hospital settings. Now, researchers at the University of Basel, have established a ...

Bacterial infections can be treated more efficiently if the cause of the disease is known. In most cases, all it takes to identify a pathogen is an analysis in a medical laboratory. Sometimes, however ...