When Doctors Aren’t Sure: Diagnostic Uncertainty Drives Antibiotic Overuse in Rwanda’s Hospitals
A qualitative study of junior physicians in Rwanda finds that diagnostic uncertainty and the pressure to decide drive variable and ...
Tag: Antimicrobial Resistance
Engineered Fusion Protein Delivers Antimicrobial Peptides Only Where Dangerous Bacteria Strike
Researchers have engineered a fusion polypeptide that produces an LL-37-derived antimicrobial peptide cheaply in bacteria and releases it only when ...
Old Antibacterial Drug Reborn as Potent Multi-Weapon Weapon Against Superbugs
Chemists have transformed the shelved European antibacterial clofoctol into a broad-spectrum, membrane-targeting peptidomimetic that kills resistant bacteria rapidly and cleared ...
Silent Carriers: One in Fourteen Ethiopians May Harbor Drug-Resistant MRSA in the Nose
A new systematic review and meta-analysis finds that about 7.3 percent of Ethiopians silently carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in their ...
Smart Nanocarriers Aim to Outsmart Drug-Resistant Pneumonia
A new review in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation details how targeted, stimuli-responsive, and immune-modulating nanocarriers could overcome lung barriers ...
Graphene Oxide Meets Methylglyoxal in New Attack on Chronic Wound Biofilms
Italian researchers have shown that a patented combination of graphene oxide and methylglyoxal disrupts membranes, cuts chronic wound biofilms by ...
FAO Renews Mississippi State University as Global Reference Centre on Antimicrobial Resistance and Aquaculture Biosecurity
The Food and Agriculture Organization has renewed Mississippi State University's designation as an FAO Reference Centre on Antimicrobial Resistance and ...
Hospital Urinary Tract Infections Carry Double the Burden of Community Cases, Global Analysis Finds
A systematic review of 51 studies covering nearly one million people shows hospital-acquired urinary tract infections impose roughly double the ...
Nearly All Childhood Shigella Infections in Tehran Now Resist Multiple Antibiotics
A study of 79 pediatric Shigella isolates in Tehran reveals near-universal multidrug resistance and links specific virulence genes to resistance ...
New Sequencing Trick Catches Hidden Plasmids Spreading Antibiotic Resistance in Wastewater
Researchers combined filter mating with nanopore selective sequencing to recover over 600 conjugative plasmid sequences from a full-scale wastewater treatment ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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