Antibiotics

This shows a cross-section of a mouse lung infected with Pseudonomas aeruginosa. The mouse was treated with a version of Mycoplasma pneumoniae that is able to produce therapeutic molecules such as pyocins specifically-designed to combat P. aeruginosa. This therapeutic version of M. pneumoniae acts like a ‘living medicine’ reducing the…

“One of the biggest challenges in food safety, just like in human medicine is this emergence of superbugs,”​ according to Denis D’Amico, associate professor of dairy foods in the University of Connecticut’s College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources. He is referring to the concerning emergence of antimicrobial resistance in…

KEY POINTSOverseas supply constraints have led to limited stocks of 391 medications in Australia.The affected medications include treatments for children.The peak group for doctors says liquid antibiotic medications should be reserved for children and elderly people.Australia is facing a shortage of , including 20 different antibiotics, leaving doctors and pharmacists…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Frequent use of antibiotics may heighten the risk of inflammatory bowel disease—Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis—among adults over 40, suggests research published online in the journal Gut. The risk seems to be cumulative and greatest 1-2 years after use and for those antibiotics targeting gut infections,…

Antibiotics were linked with increased risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), especially among individuals 40 or older, in a population-based study conducted in Denmark. Of more than 6 million individuals followed for approximately 19 years, antibiotic use was associated with nearly 50% increased incidence of IBD in people ages 40…

A Canadian study suggests children who were not breastfed while receiving antibiotics in the first year of life had triple the risk of developing asthma because they lacked specific protective sugars found in human milk. Dr. Stuart Turvey, a lead researcher, said antibiotics such as amoxicillin are commonly prescribed to…

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The UK’s National Health Service is beginning to look sicker than some of its patients. After limping through the Covid-19 pandemic, the NHS is finding the aftermath even more challenging.  Even before nurses took to the picket line on Thursday after failing to agree on a new pay deal, Britain’s…

Gabriela Diaz Tang (left) and Estefania Marin Meneses (right). Credit: Nova Southeastern University Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose one of the greatest threats to global public health. In 2019, deaths due to antibiotic resistant bacteria outpaced deaths due to HIV and malaria. Given the lack of innovation in the discovery of new…

Exposure to antibiotics before 2 years of age appeared to increase the risk of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a Norwegian nationwide study presented at the Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases annual meeting. In this first of four exclusive episodes, MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders in…