Antibiotic treatment during an influenza infection actually impaired the body’s efforts to clear bacteria rather than helping the body heal.

Hannah Plumb died of an "aggressive" bacterial infection which caused fatal lung damage A mum-of-three died due to an "aggressive" bacterial infection which caused lung damage she could not ...

Dietary zinc deficiency promotes lung infection by Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria — a leading cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a new study published Nov. 15 in the journal ...

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is group of organisms causing a bacterial infection that leads to lung disease. MAC is ...

The postmortem report of elephant Sonia, who died last month at Safari Park, has revealed that respiratory-related disease that damaged her tissues in the lungs and developed sepsis caused her death.

Bacterial communities build ... or when it occurs in the lungs of a person with cystic fibrosis, among many other situations, these infections can be life-shortening.” Part of their deadly ...

Aspiration pneumonia that is bacterial is treated with antibiotics ... of pneumonitis (inflammation of the air sacs of the lung) without infection or obstruction. A subtype of aspiration pneumonia ...

A particular type of lung illness has been on the rise both locally and nationally. Have you ever wondered why it’s called ...

“The condition, usually caused by a bacterial infection or a virus, leads to the tissue in one or both lungs to swell or become inflamed. “While mild pneumonia can be treated at home, in some ...

Pioneering research led by New Zealand and US scientists suggests that’s not such a far-fetched idea – and it could pave the ...