Antibiotics

By Jason Arunn Murugesu A coloured scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on bladder cells in a urine sample from a patient with a urinary tract infection SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY An antiseptic drug that inhibits the growth of bacteria in urine may be as effective as antibiotics…

By Jason Arunn Murugesu A coloured scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on bladder cells in a urine sample from a patient with a urinary tract infection SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY An antiseptic drug that inhibits the growth of bacteria in urine may be as effective as antibiotics…

The World Health Organization is expected to recommend truncating treatment of children with mild tuberculosis by 2 months — from 6 months to 4 — after a randomized trial found similar outcomes with the shorter regimen. An international team of investigators found the abbreviated course of antibiotics was no less…

by Dr. Christine Waasdorp Hurtado Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Q: My daughter had to take antibiotics and they seem to have given her some tummy issues. Can probiotics help restore gut balance? A: Antibiotics can kill both good and bad bacteria in your child's gut. This may throw your child's…

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial infection that has become resistant to most of the antibiotics used to treat regular staph infections. Duke computer scientist Bruce Donald and collaborators at the University of Connecticut are working to develop new enzyme inhibitors to fight MRSA. In research published in PLOS…

A colorized scanning electron micrograph of MRSA. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial infection that has become resistant to most of the antibiotics used to treat regular staph infections. Duke University computer scientist Bruce Donald and collaborators at the University of…

Published: 8:44pm, 15 Feb, 2022 Updated: 11:30pm, 15 Feb, 2022 Read More

Home News A man experienced mania after taking antibiotics for the first time. (Image credit: bestdesigns via Getty Images) A man's perception of the world turned upside down after he began taking antibiotics to treat bacterial pneumonia, according to a report of his case. Within two days, the 50-year-old man…

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In 2019, 1.27 million deaths were directly attributed to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which also contributed to 4.95 million more fatalities, according to a global analysis from medical journal The Lancet. The accelerating AMR crisis, according to a report commissioned by the UK government, could see the number of deaths due…