Dear Doctors: I recently had a surgical procedure and was in the hospital for a few days. While I was there, I was diagnosed with pseudomonas. Can you please explain what that is? How do you get it? I ...

THE pseudomonas group of bacteria is composed of gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile organisms that characteristically produce a water-soluble pigment. They occur widely in nature. The type species ...

While largely unnoticed, phages do not harm humans. On the contrary, these viruses are gaining increasing popularity as biomedicines to eradicate pathogenic bacteria, especially those associated with ...

The death toll has now climbed to three in the outbreak of extensively drug-resistant bacteria that was linked to recalled eye drops, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday, ...

In healthcare settings, P. aeruginosa can be spread through improper hygiene, such as from the unclean hands of healthcare workers, or via contaminated medical equipment that wasn't fully sterilized.

The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is resistant to all antibiotics on the market. Therefore, there is a great need for new therapeutic approaches. In order to find them, it helps to understand how ...

Between March and May 1998, there was an outbreak of a clinically distinct skin eruption on the soles of the feet of children who used a community wading pool. We reviewed the medical records of 40 ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen that attacks a diversity of woody ornamental plants. The bacteria cause flower blights, cankers, shoot ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a stubborn pathogen that thrives in hospitals, water systems, and even our built environments, often carrying multidrug resistance. New strategies—from smarter lab ...