Nicola Rose | Head, Virology Division, the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), an Expert Centre of the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

THIS YEAR, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and European Congress of Clinical Microbiology…

Sarah Caddy | Clinical Research Fellow in Viral Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK

Studies have shown that bedside nurses, who are vital members of the healthcare team, are often under-utilised in antimicrobial…

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen transmitted to humans by inhalation, mainly of infected bird…

In December 2019, cases of pneumonia spiked in Wuhan, China. The cause of the acute respiratory illness was…

There is limited evidence to guide duration of antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiovascular surgeries. While available evidence and guidelines…

Lyme borreliosis, also known as Lyme disease, is an emerging infectious disease that has gained global attention.1 The name Lyme disease…

The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic that is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)…