In a new Annals "Beyond the Guidelines" feature, an infectious diseases specialist and a gastroenterologist discuss the benefits and risks of different treatment approaches for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). The ...
Aug 8, 2023
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Just as bacteria can develop antibiotic resistance, viruses can also evade drug treatments. Developing therapies against these microbes is difficult because viruses often mutate or hide themselves within cells. But by mimicking ...
Aug 2, 2023
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A research study led by the University of Oxford provides a transformational new insight into how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerges in patients with bacterial infections. The findings, published today in the journal ...
Jul 12, 2023
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The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that diagnoses of gonorrhea and syphilis have surged in the last year. Shockingly, gonorrhea rates are the highest they have been since records began in 1918.
Jun 9, 2023
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Our noses perform important functions every day of our lives, but we often only notice when disease changes how they work.
Jun 7, 2023
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People often think of wastewater as serving no purpose. But it can be a valuable source of information. Wastewater is increasingly recognized as a significant environmental reservoir for antimicrobial resistance—a growing ...
May 25, 2023
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The public is in favor of the development of bacteria-killing viruses as an alternative to antibiotics—and more efforts to educate will make them significantly more likely to use the treatment, a new study published in ...
May 22, 2023
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Researchers at St George's are leading an international clinical trial to evaluate much-needed new antibiotic combinations for newborn babies with sepsis, thanks to sponsorship from the Global Antibiotic Research and Development ...
May 22, 2023
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Paediatricians from European countries have raised the alarm over a shortage of medicines for children including antibiotics and asthma treatment, warning it was endangering health.
Apr 29, 2023
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U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections—an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants.
Apr 27, 2023
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