(HealthDay)—Antimicrobial resistance to carbapenems has increased, and consumption of antibiotics, especially carbapenems, is associated with antimicrobial resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, according to a study published ...
Aug 16, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Men who have sex with men (MSM) have elevated risk for antimicrobial drug-resistant Shigella infection, according to a report published in the September issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...
Aug 12, 2016
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Plasmids are pieces of independent DNA that often carry multiple antibiotic resistance genes. Plasmids can jump from one bacterium to another, spreading that resistance. A team of French investigators now shows that bacteria ...
Aug 1, 2016
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Today some of the world's foremost experts on antibiotic resistance called on the United Nations General Assembly to decisively act to reduce the growing number of deaths due to limited access to effective antibiotics. Writing ...
Jul 15, 2016
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Antimicrobial resistance in disease-causing microbes has garnered attention in recent years, but another persistent area of drug resistance is the ability for tumors to evade chemotherapy drugs. Methotrexate is one of the ...
Jul 13, 2016
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Food production is a key cause of the global antibiotic resistance crisis, according to a growing body of scientific evidence.
Jul 13, 2016
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For the second time, a clinical isolate of a bacterial pathogen has been detected in humans in the United States which carries the colistin resistance gene, mcr-1. This may also be the first case to show up in the US. That ...
Jul 11, 2016
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The first nationwide survey of antibiotic resistance in disease-causing bacteria in Australian pets and livestock has found low rates of resistance to critically important drugs–comparing very favourably with other countries ...
Jun 24, 2016
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May's announcement that a strain of bacteria with genes conferring resistance to colistin, our antibiotic of last resort, was identified in the United States, is just the latest report highlighting the growing threat of antibiotic ...
Jun 21, 2016
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On May 26, 2016, researchers at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center reported the first case of what they called a "truly pan-drug resistant bacteria." By now, the story has been well-covered in the media: a month ...
Jun 1, 2016
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