Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) is a serious infection of the female reproductive organs, often caused by untreated STIs.

Those tiny floaties in your urine can reveal insights about your diet or other issues. A doctor explains the common causes, ...

bacterial vaginosis (BV) and yeast (candidiasis) are by far the most common. Add the occasional case of trichomoniasis, and the list covers more than 90% of the cases of vaginal infections.

Researchers conducted a study among women to examine the intersection of vaginitis and sexually transmitted infections, including chlamydia and gonorrhea.

Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which the bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri, the causative agent of dysentery, manipulates molecular activity to assure its survival against its host's ...

Virginia Tech researchers have learned how bacteria manipulate molecules to infect the host organism. Daniel Capelluto and ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections often occur in patients with chronic inflammatory intestinal conditions, such as ...

Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecules they generate... | Microbiology ...

A team tested different combinations of bacterial strains and identified a group of eighteen that suppressed ...

Yeast Infection: "Yeast infections are often associated with yellow discharge, but it is possible that the yellowish ...

To survive, bacteria infect a host by replicating themselves, infecting cells, and then exiting those infected cells. A typical example of this process is seen in Shigella flexneri, a bacterium ...