News tagged with antibiotic resistant bacteria


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 created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Vitamin B3 may offer new tool in fight against 'superbugs'

A new study suggests that nicotinamide, more commonly known as vitamin B3, may be able to combat some of the antibiotic-resistance staph infections that are increasingly common around the world, have killed thousands and ...

Medical research created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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.

Medical research created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An alternative to antibiotics

Antibiotics are among the greatest achievements of medical science. But lately the former multi-purpose weapon fails in the battle against infectious diseases. Bacteria are increasingly developing resistance ...

Medical research created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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.

Medical research created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An antibiotic effect minus resistance

After 70 years, antibiotics are still the primary treatment for halting the spread of bacterial infections. But the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is now outpacing the rate of new drug discovery and approval.

Medical research created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Honey can reverse antibiotic resistance

Manuka honey could be an efficient way to clear chronically infected wounds and could even help reverse bacterial resistance to antibiotics, according to research presented at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring ...

Medical research created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Human microbe study provides insight into health, disease

Microbes from the human mouth are telling Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists something about periodontitis and more after they cracked the genetic code of bacteria linked to the condition.

Medical research created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newly discovered cell mechanism uses amplified nitric oxide to fight C. diff

Groundbreaking research encompassing Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, has uncovered a natural defense mechanism that is capable of inactivating the toxin that ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Apramycin shows promise against drug-resistant TB and other 'superbugs,' without hearing loss

The world needs new antibiotics to overcome the ever increasing resistance of disease-causing bacteria – but it doesn't need the side effect that comes with some of the most powerful ones now available: ...

Medical research created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Antibiotic resistance a growing concern with urinary tract infection

As a result of concerns about antibiotic resistance, doctors in the United States are increasingly prescribing newer, more costly and more powerful antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections, one of the most common illnesses ...

Medications created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Battling a bacterial threat

In 2002, a new kind of bacterial infection was detected in the United States. It was caused by a common bug, Staphylococcus aureus, but with a troubling new twist. It was resistant to the drug that typically ...

Medical research created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Disinfecting robots help prevent superbug infections at Hopkins

Even as epidemiologists worry about a shrinking arsenal of antibiotics to fight potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria, researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital are betting on another weapon to prevent infections: robots.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New study identifies unique mechanisms of antibiotic resistance

As public health authorities across the globe grapple with the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, Tufts University School of Medicine microbiologists and colleagues have identified the unique resistance mechanisms ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers make significant step forward in combating antibiotic resistance

The research led by Durham University, which involved colleagues at the University of Birmingham, is a significant development in combating antibiotic resistance; it will pave the way for the creation of the inhibitors to ...

Medical research created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0