(HealthDay News) — Ultrasounds performed too early during hospitalization for first febrile urinary tract infection (fUTI) are more likely to produce false positives in young children, according to a ...

A new study from the Advocate Aurora Research Institute published in Hospital Pediatrics provides guidance for families and physicians caring for infants and young children hospitalized with a febrile ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Urinary tract infections are among the most common complications in the US, sending more than 10.5 million people to the doctor every year. Patients typically suffer from a constant and urgent need to ...

Researchers at EPFL, Heidelberg University and Roche have built a human mini-bladder to show how urine composition weakens bladder tissue, helping infections recur even after antibiotics. The work was ...

A British tourist says a routine urinary tract infection almost killed her after it developed into sepsis while visiting New Zealand. Rosie Beveridge spent four nights in hospital after what began as ...

A University of Alberta research team has identified a new drug target to treat harmful E. coli bacteria—which cause nearly 250,000 deaths a year from urinary tract infections (UTI) and are becoming ...

A nosocomial infection is an infection you get while you’re in the hospital for another reason. It's also called a hospital-acquired infection or a health-care associated infection.‌ Patients and ...

Researchers have developed a new blood test that indicates a person's status of cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 within just 48 hours. This test is particularly relevant for vulnerable patient groups, ...

A urine test can detect dengue and its severity using NS1, NGAL, and suPAR proteins, according to NTU's LKCMedicine research published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. This non-invasive test could ...

A bacterium prevalent in sinus infections and pneumonia may aggravate Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study published in Nature Communications. The bacterium, Chlamydia pneumoniae, was ...