New spray fights infections and antibiotic resistance
The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks antibiotic resistance as one of the top ten threats to global health. There is ...
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Targeted test for antibiotic resistance in clinical Enterobacter species
The currently used microbiological tests for colistin resistance and other antibiotic resistances did not allow accurate conclusions regarding the spread ...
Bacterial electricity: Membrane potential influences antibiotic tolerance
The electrical potential across the bacterial cell envelope indicates when bacteria no longer operate as individual cells but as a ...
Sequential antibiotic therapy in the laboratory and in patients
Recent research results from the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön (MPI) suggest that rapid switching of antibiotics during the ...
How clean hospitals can reduce antibiotic resistance and save lives
A new paper in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that antibiotic resistance may result ...
Antibiotic residues in water a threat to human health
Antibiotic residues in wastewater and wastewater treatment plants in the regions around China and India risk contributing to antibiotic resistance, ...
Joining efforts in research on antibiotic resistance
Research on antibiotic resistance will broaden significantly when the Center for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe) in Gothenburg expands. Bacterial resistance ...
Florida International University researchers patent synthetic antibiotic
Florida International University researchers have moved a step closer to producing synthetic arsenic-based drugs in their quest to solve an ...
Mapping E. coli to overcome antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance, when infection-causing bacteria evolve so they are no longer affected by typical antibiotics, is a global concern. New ...
Arsenic-contaminated water associated with antibiotic resistance in children, study finds
In rural Bangladesh, areas with high levels of arsenic contamination in drinking water, compared to areas with less contamination, have ...
Antibodies to common antibiotic possible new risk factor for type 1 diabetes
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 8, 2022) – Antibodies produced against the commonly used antibiotic, gentamicin, appear to increase the risk of ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine awarded $10 million to optimize antibiotic therapy for bacterial infections
To study how best to treat potentially dangerous infections commonly seen in people with underlying chronic medical conditions, two infectious ...
Fecal microbial transplants show lack of predictability when no prior antibiotic treatment is given to recipient
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A fecal microbial transplant — giving a recipient fecal matter from a donor to change the recipient’s ...
Antibiotic resistance testing no longer impeded by time
Ikoma, Japan – Significant time is needed to determine the drug susceptibility profile of a bacterial infection. Now, researchers from ...
Researchers develop a novel antibiotic cement to treat bone infections
Each year, 700,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance. A growing global population unfortunately generates a growing resistance to established ...
New antibiotic comes from a pathogenic bacterium in potatoes
Highlights Most antibiotic compounds originate from soil microbes. Researchers have discovered solanimycin, a new antifungal antibiotic. Solanimycin is produced by ...
Effect of antibiotic eye drops on duration of conjunctivitis in children
About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial and systematic review and meta-analysis, the use of antibiotic eye drops was ...
Lessons learned in COVID-19: SHEA offers guidance for antibiotic use in a pandemic
ARLINGTON, VA (September 14, 2022) — Healthcare professionals should use antibiotics and diagnostic testing judiciously during the early stages of ...
TTUHSC scientist awarded U.S. patent to battle antibiotic resistance using novel nanoantibiotics
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2.8 million Americans contract antibiotic resistant bacterial infections each year, ...
New weapon targets antibiotic resistance
HOUSTON – (Aug. 25, 2022) – A new class of motorized molecules that kill specific bacteria shows promise to curb ...