Group A Streptococcus (GAS), primarily known for causing pharyngitis and skin infections, is also responsible for a rare but significant form of peritonitis. This condition involves the inflammation ...

Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) who experience an exit-site infection (ESI) are at increased risk for peritonitis, data from a Canadian study show. The study, led by Manish M. Sood, MD, of the ...

Rifaximin prophylaxis was no better than placebo at preventing deaths and other negative outcomes from spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in patients with severe cirrhosis, according to interim ...

A review in Biomolecules and Biomedicine sheds light on how microRNAs (miRNAs)—small regulatory RNA molecules—play a central role in the body's response to Klebsiella pneumoniae, a major cause of ...

Britain's Got Talent judge and Heart Radio presenter Amanda Holden sought urgent medical care after fearing she had a ...