In the fight against super bacteria, University at Buffalo scientists are relying on strength in numbers to win the battle against drug resistance.
May 24, 2017
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Hepatitis B is notoriously difficult to eradicate with currently available agents.. Now, in a new study, a novel form of "pegylated" interferon-β has reduced hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in experimental human-derived ...
Apr 3, 2017
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New research is paving the way for the development of innovative drugs that restore antibiotic susceptibility in antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, a main cause of fatal lung and bloodstream infections ...
Mar 13, 2017
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Researchers have known that part of the challenge in treating penicillin-resistant infections lies in understanding the way bacteria inactivate penicillin antibiotics. The enzymes that do this, beta-lactamases, chop up the ...
Mar 9, 2017
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Polymyxin antibiotics are used as a last resort to treat certain multidrug resistant bacteria. A team of investigators in China has discovered a new variant on a well-known gene that causes resistance to polymyxins and others. ...
Mar 6, 2017
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The deadly fungus, Candida auris, which has been found in hospitals, is resistant to entire classes of antimicrobial drugs, limiting treatment options for those infected. First reported in 2009, the fungus has been linked ...
Feb 24, 2017
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An antibiotic resistant strain of bacteria found circulating in Jeddah's municipal wastewater could have severe implications for public health.
Feb 14, 2017
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Combination therapy with two antibiotic compounds overcame pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae harboring a pernicious form of antibiotic resistance, in a bone-infected patient, where other drugs had failed. The research describing ...
Feb 6, 2017
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Scientists from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and the Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) have evaluated a rapid test that detects the dreaded colistin resistance gene within twenty minutes. It can therefore ...
Feb 6, 2017
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Klebsiella bacteria cause about 10 percent of all hospital-acquired infections in the United States. K. pneumoniae sequence type 258 (ST258) is one of the Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae organisms labeled an urgent ...
Jan 25, 2017
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