News tagged with resistant tuberculosis
Massive funding boost needed to beat TB, UN says (Update)
The global fight against tuberculosis needs a massive financial boost as drug-resistant strains of the disease take hold, two international organisations warned on Monday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 18, 2013 |
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Aggressive regimen reduces mortality in drug-resistant TB
(Medical Xpress)—Aggressive drug regimens used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis reduce the risk of death by about 40 percent when they include at least five drugs likely to be effective against ...
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Mar 15, 2013 |
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Third world is swamped with fake TB drugs, study finds
Africa, India and other developing countries are awash in fake or sub-standard drugs for tuberculosis, fuelling the rise of treatment-resistant strains of TB, according to a survey published on Tuesday.
Medications
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Tuberculosis may lurk in bone marrow stem cells of infected patients, researchers say
Tuberculosis is a devastating disease that kills nearly 2 million people worldwide each year. Although antibiotics exist that can ameliorate the symptoms, the courses of therapy last for months and don't completely eradicate ...
Medical research
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Expert warning: Resistance to antibiotics to be apocalyptic
(Medical Xpress)—The chief medical officer for Britain's Department of Health has issued a warning that resistance to bacteria is a more urgent threat to humanity than global warming, with bacteria becoming ...
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Jan 25, 2013 |
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Medicinal toothbrush tree yields antibiotic to treat TB in new way
A compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way.
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Jan 14, 2013 |
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New tuberculosis drug trial begins in South Africa
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the first patient enrolled in a Phase 2a trial to assess the effectiveness of AZD5847, a new test drug ...
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Dec 11, 2012 |
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Mass spectrometry helps researchers 'watch' how antibiotics attack tuberculosis bacteria inside cells
Weill Cornell Medical College researchers report that mass spectrometry, a tool currently used to detect and measure proteins and lipids, can also now allow biologists to "see" for the first time exactly how drugs work inside ...
Medical research
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Antibiotic shows promise in treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
When tested in patients hospitalized with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) unresponsive to previous treatment, linezolid, an antibiotic used to treat severe bacterial infections, proved largely effective when ...
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Oct 18, 2012 |
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TB fight making progress, but more funds needed, WHO reports
The war on tuberculosis is getting new weapons for the first time in decades, offering hope for controlling the deadly disease but major funding shortfalls threaten progress, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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Oct 17, 2012 |
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TB drug could reduce mortality for MDR-TB and XDR-TB cases
Results from an observational study evaluating a new anti-TB drug have found that the treatment can improve outcomes and reduce mortality among patients with both MDR-TB and XDR-TB.
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Sep 26, 2012 |
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Scientists reveal how natural antibiotic kills tuberculosis bacterium
A natural product secreted by a soil bacterium shows promise as a new drug to treat tuberculosis report scientists in a new study published in EMBO Molecular Medicine. A team of scientists working in Switzerland has shown ...
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Sep 17, 2012 |
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Low cost pain drug can kill resistant tuberculosis
An off-patent anti-inflammatory drug that costs around two cents for a daily dose in developing countries has been found by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College to kill both replicating and non-replicating drug resistant ...
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Sep 10, 2012 |
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Low cost pain drug can kill resistant tuberculosis
An off-patent anti-inflammatory drug that costs around two cents for a daily dose in developing countries has been found by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College to kill both replicating and non-replicating drug resistant ...
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Sep 10, 2012 |
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Call for a new approach to fighting tuberculosis
Each year, nearly 2 million people die from tuberculosis – a treatable disease that has been brought under control in the United States, but continues to ravage other parts of the world. This health inequity should prompt ...
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Sep 05, 2012 |
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