Eighty-five years ago this fall, when the Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming, returning to his lab following a month’s long holiday with his family, discovered that one of his cultures of ...

Due to increasing antibiotic resistance in pathogens causing infections, the development of new antibacterial substances is needed. Scientists are testing out a new group of substances produced by ...

What topical and systemic antibiotics are recommended for corneal infection caused by staphylococci or Pseudomonas? —Param S. Fagoora, MD, Fresno, Calif. Bacterial keratitis is most commonly caused by ...