Deadly sepsis and antibiotic-resistant bacteria are in Europe's crosshairs
EU researchers are looking for new ways to tackle bloodstream infections that kill millions of people worldwide every year.
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EU researchers are looking for new ways to tackle bloodstream infections that kill millions of people worldwide every year.
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As bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, more people will become infected and die of untreatable bacterial infections. By 2050, drug-resistant infections are predicted to kill ten million people a year.
Nov 16, 2023
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These days, we don't think much about being able to access a course of antibiotics to head off an infection. But that wasn't always the case—antibiotics have been available for less than a century.
Nov 8, 2023
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Researchers at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) have uncovered why C. diff (also known as Clostridioides difficile or C. difficile) infection has developed resistance to the antibiotic metronidazole.
Nov 8, 2023
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A new report in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health provides a review of the published literature on antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic stewardship in outpatient telemedicine. At least 28% of antibiotic use in outpatient ...
Nov 6, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we think about health and revealed significant flaws within our health care systems. It has also raised questions about the role of technology, as well as ethical concerns about the ...
Nov 2, 2023
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A new study has found that drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, due to high rates of antibiotic resistance.
Oct 31, 2023
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The public is failing to take antimicrobial resistance seriously and it could all be down to the scientific terminology used. A study by Dr. Eva Krockow from the University of Leicester, which looked at public health communication ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of children under age 5, causing about 500,000 deaths per year in low- and middle-income countries. Short courses of antibiotics paired with a therapeutic peanut butter-based food ...
Oct 20, 2023
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In an extensive investigation, EMBL researchers have tested over 10,000 drug combinations against some of the leading pathogenic bacteria carrying antimicrobial resistance and causing mortality
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