Sepsis is your body's severe response to an infection that has entered your bloodstream. Early recognition and quick treatment are key to surviving sepsis, but many people do not know what it looks ...

it’ll cost a fair amount to pump it—but using a septic tank treatment every so often can help prevent this. If you don’t already know, septic systems carry wastewater from the home into a ...

Predictors of in-hospital mortality among patients with nongonococcal bacterial knee septic arthritis in the United States include older age, a greater number of comorbidities, and Asian/Pacific ...

Bacterial bone and joint infections (BJI) remain among the most challenging and difficult-to-treat complications of musculoskeletal trauma or orthopedic surgery. These infections range from ...

BETA-hemolytic streptococci of Lancefield Group B have been implicated in human disease almost from the time when the precipitin-grouping technic first came into use. 1–3 Since that time ...

We report 6 cases of group B streptococcal prosthetic joint infections seen in our institution and review 8 previously reported cases. These 14 patients (6 men and 8 women) had an average age of 69.

People with type 2 diabetes face a significantly higher risk of infection-related deaths, particularly in younger age groups, ...

This unsettling scenario can happen when a common infection progresses ... and healthcare responses to sepsis, particularly in LMICs, where timely and effective treatment is often lacking.