Bacteria

Learn about novel findings and new funding from our Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers.

CHOP researchers identify the bacterial pathogens most responsible for early-onset sepsis in very preterm infants.

Audrey Odom John, MD, PhD, established a novel approach for developing effective antibiotics that are able to reach resistant bacteria.

Scientists from the PennCHOP Microbiome Program shared new developments in knowledge of the microbiome at their Fifth Annual Symposium.

Microbes are on us and in us, and researchers are increasingly becoming aware that they are a vital part of us. Across The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania a variety of research efforts are underway to understand these populations of bacteria, viruses, and other tiny life forms, known as the microbiome, and their impact on health.