News tagged with antibiotic resistance
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'Resuscitating' antibiotics to overcome drug resistance
Combining common antibiotics with additional compounds could make previously resistant bacteria more susceptible to the same antibiotics. 'Resuscitation' of existing antibiotics has the potential to make infections caused ...
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Mar 28, 2012 |
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Resistant food bacteria strains now common: EU study
Bacteria that cause the main food-borne infections among people in the European Union commonly show resistance to widely-used antibiotics and antimicrobials, an EU report showed Wednesday.
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Mar 14, 2012 |
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Solving mystery of how sulfa drugs kill bacteria yields 21st century drug development target
More than 70 years after the first sulfa drugs helped to revolutionize medical care and save millions of lives, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have determined at an atomic level the mechanism these medications ...
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Mar 01, 2012 |
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Research identifies potential antibiotic alternative to treat infection without resistance
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a potential alternative to conventional antibiotics that could fight infection with a reduced risk of antibiotic resistance.
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Feb 20, 2012 |
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Rainforest plant combats multi-resistant bacterial strains
Aggressive infections in hospitals are an increasing health problem worldwide. The development of bacterial resistance is alarming. Now a young Danish scientist has found a natural substance in a Chilean rainforest plant ...
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Feb 20, 2012 |
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Research suggests use of LE strips to diagnose PJI
Rothman Institute at Jefferson joint researchers continue to seek better ways to diagnose and subsequently treat periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients following total joint arthroplasty. Their latest research shows ...
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Feb 07, 2012 |
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New detection method for UTI-causing bacteria means better treatment and fewer costs
A new method for identifying bacteria that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs) will lead to much faster, more effective treatment as well as a reduction in costs. The procedure, described in the Journal of ...
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Jan 25, 2012 |
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High levels of MRSA bacteria in retail meat products
Retail pork products in the U.S. have a higher prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA) than previously identified, according to new research by the University of Iowa College of Public Health ...
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Jan 20, 2012 |
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Drugs used to overcome cancer may also combat antibiotic resistance: researchers
Drugs used to overcome cancer may also combat antibiotic resistance, finds a new study led by Gerry Wright, scientific director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research at McMaster University.
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Dec 22, 2011 |
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Penicillin doses for children should be reviewed, say UK experts
A team of scientists and clinicians, led by researchers at King's College London and St George's, University of London, are calling for a review of penicillin dosing guidelines for children, as the current guidelines have ...
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Dec 16, 2011 |
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New paper calls for strong steps to tackle antibiotic resistance
Shahriar Mobashery, a University of Notre Dame researcher, is one of the coauthors of a new paper by a group of the world's leading scientists in academia and industry that calls for strong steps to be taken to control the ...
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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Beating superbugs with a high-tech cleanser
(Medical Xpress) -- According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic-resistant bacteria are one of the top three threats to human health. Patients in hospitals are especially at risk, with almost 100,000 ...
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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DARPA calls for antibiotic replacement
(Medical Xpress) -- Most everyone that has been keeping abreast of world events knows that the clock is ticking on antibiotics; bacteria have been slowly developing a resistance and development of new antibiotics ...
Medications
Nov 23, 2011 |
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The best wastewater treatment plants can't filter out superbug fragments
Even a very good wastewater treatment plant can't clean up fragments of superbugs -- bacteria that have developed a resistance to antibiotics -- and until now, almost no one has noticed.
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Nov 21, 2011 |
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What bacteria don't know can hurt them
Many infections, even those caused by antibiotic-sensitive bacteria, resist treatment. This paradox has vexed physicians for decades, and makes some infections impossible to cure.
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Nov 17, 2011 |
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