Exploring why some newborns develop severe infections
Compared to adults, newborns are highly susceptible to infections and these infections can cause serious health complications and even death.
Mar 15, 2024
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Compared to adults, newborns are highly susceptible to infections and these infections can cause serious health complications and even death.
Mar 15, 2024
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Researchers report that a new type of antibiotic has proved its mettle against a deadly superbug.
Jan 4, 2024
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In a phase-one human clinical trial, a University of Houston pharmacist researcher has demonstrated that a newer generation tetracycline antibiotic, called Omadacycline, may be a promising tool in combating the resilient ...
Dec 19, 2023
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Antibiotic resistance occurs when a microorganism changes and no longer responds to an antibiotic that was previously effective. It's associated with poorer outcomes, a greater chance of death and higher health-care costs.
Nov 29, 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 study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) reveals that the use of doxycycline may help protect against Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection for some patients with pneumonia.
Nov 2, 2023
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Some strains of heavily antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Ghana are not successful at spreading outside of the hospital, suggesting that control measures can be focused on clinical settings to help curb treatment-resistant ...
Oct 16, 2023
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About 6% of people in the UK are wrongly labeled on their medical records as being allergic to penicillin, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has warned.
Oct 5, 2023
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An article published in the Journal of Fungi analyzing bloodstream infection by fungi of the genus Candida, and comparing data for the periods 2010–11 and 2017–18 in Brazil, shows the persistence of extremely high mortality ...
Jul 13, 2023
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