Antibiotic resistance is a natural feature of diverse microbial ecosystems. Although recent
studies of the antibiotic resistome have highlighted barriers to the horizontal transfer of …

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is a significant cause of hospitalization of children
in North America and one of the leading causes of death of infants less than 1 year of age …

Summary Background Since June, 2019, more than 1000 new cases of e-cigarette, or
vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) have been reported in the USA. Patients …

Nanoscale materials have unique properties that make them especially useful for
biomedical diagnostic applications. Recent developments in nanoengineering have resulted …

Microbial ecology as a scientific field is fundamentally driven by technological advance. The
past decade's revolution in DNA sequencing cost and throughput has made it possible for …

Rooted in the mechanism of action of antibiotics and subject to bacterial evolution, antibiotic
resistance is difficult and perhaps impossible to overcome. Nevertheless, strategies can be …

Community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults is an infectious disease with high
morbidity in China and the rest of the world. With the changing pattern in the etiological …

Objectives The clinical impact of rapid sample-to-answer “syndromic” multiplex polymerase
chain reaction (PCR) testing for respiratory viruses is not clearly established. We performed …

Early availability of information on bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility
is of key importance for the management of infectious diseases patients. Currently, using …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommended the implementation of
antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in the clinical settings to minimize the development and …