Antibiotics

Aquaculture produces more than half of the world’s seafood, mostly in inland and coastal waters. Industrial marine and coastal finfish aquaculture, such as salmon farming, accounts for just a fraction of that production, and comes with a host of negative environmental impacts.A set of agribusiness giants and other corporate interests…

Three UK retailers are buying meat from chickens in Poland that were given a group of antibiotics used to treat human Salmonella infections. An investigation by broadcaster ITV, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and newspaper The Guardian found Asda, Iceland, and Lidl get frozen chicken products from a Polish poultry…

Currently the only treatments for endometriosis are hormonal medications or surgery, however a new study has found that antibiotics could be a potential treatment. (Image credit: Henadzi Pechan via Getty Images) A bacteria commonly found in the mouth and gut could be what triggers endometriosis, a small new study suggests. …

Singapore This comes despite guidelines warning that inappropriate antibiotic consumption can lead to an increased risk of antimicrobial resistance. A doctor treats a patient at a clinic in Singapore. SINGAPORE: A new study has found that over a four-year period, about 12 per cent of oral antibiotics were prescribed in…

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Hyderabad, May 19 There is a need to improve  antimicrobial innovation, accessibility, and stewardship practices to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in India, according to a research report.  The new report was  released by the Indian School of Business’ Max Institute of Healthcare Management and the Center for Global Development. More than a million people die in India…

Pln149-PEP20 time-kill against (a) S. aureus ATCC 25923 (MIC = 8 mg/L) and (b) S. aureus SA43 (MIC = 8 mg/L). Credit: Antibiotics (2023). DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12020391 Resistance to antibiotics is a problem that alarms the medical and scientific community. Bacteria resistant to three different classes of antibiotics, known as multi-drug…

Why some people recover from Lyme disease, while others experience months, years or even decades of chronic symptoms has long puzzled doctors. New research offers some clues to an immune system marker in the blood that is elevated among people with lingering Lyme disease symptoms, even after they’d received antibiotics. …

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a bacterium that can infect the large intestine, with symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening colon damage. A study publishing May 11th in PLOS Biology by Ophelia Venturelli at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and colleagues suggests that between-species interactions within the gut microbiome may impact…