Antibiotics

Comparison of traditional antimicrobials and antivirulence drugs. When exposed to an antimicrobial drug to treat an infection, the healthy microbiota and the pathogen are both impacted. Under such conditions, there is selection for antimicrobial resistance such that resistant microbes can potentially flourish, less impeded by the normal microbiota. When exposed…

Well that's disappointing — We don’t need new gadgets; we need to use antibiotics more sparingly. Diana Gitig - Apr 1, 2023 1:30 pm UTC Enlarge / Once the future of travel, now a museum piece. Vaclav Smil reminds us that despite the onslaught of popular techno-pundits claiming otherwise, immense…

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ROME — Pope Francis is expected to be discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he is being treated for bronchitis as his recovery proceeds in a “normal” way, even had pizza for dinner and will be in St. Peter’s Square for Palm Sunday Mass, the Vatican said. Vatican…

A major new study by researchers at Intermountain Health and Stanford University finds that overprescribing and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics is not only leading to antibiotic resistance – but also causing significant patient harm. It's one of the most comprehensive studies to document the impact of antibiotic overuse in clinical…

When patients request or demand an antibiotic, even when it is unlikely to help, a physician might be tempted to give in and write a prescription, especially if they're working in a busy setting like an urgent care or emergency department. However, a major new study by researchers at Intermountain…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis showed a “marked improvement” Thursday after being given intravenous antibiotics for a bronchitis infection and could be released from the hospital in the coming days, the Vatican and his doctors reported. The 86-year-old pontiff, who had part of one lung removed as a young man,…

HIGH street pharmacies are struggling to get hold of Calpol and other common medicines as a new wave of shortages affects patients. It comes just months after chemists across the UK experienced a shortage of antibiotics and cold and flu medicines. 2 High street pharmacies are experiencing a shortage of…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Most patients admitted to hospital with acute viral respiratory infections are given antibiotics. Now new research to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark (15-18 April), suggests that prescribing antibiotic therapy to adults hospitalized with common…

Many important antibiotics target bacterial cell wall production. The growing problem of antibiotic resistance requires innovation in the research and development process. However, scientists still have limited knowledge of how even clinically successful antibiotics kill bacteria.  A better understanding of the cellular events that precede and contribute to cell death…