Antibiotics

World leaders have called for an urgent reduction in the amount of antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics, used in food systems. The Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance said countries must stop the use of medically important antimicrobial drugs to promote growth in healthy animals. The request from the group, which was created…

Urgent recommendations from a European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) task force are aimed at reducing antibiotic overuse with allergic disease. Top recommendations include limiting antibiotic therapy in pregnancy and early childhood to help reduce the allergy epidemic in children, and restricting antibiotic therapy in exacerbations and chronic…

Emergency room patients who were flagged by an artificial intelligence algorithm for possibly having sepsis received antibiotics sooner and had better outcomes, according to a peer-reviewed study conducted by physician-researchers at Case Western Reserve University and MetroHealth. Their findings were published August 20, in Critical Care Medicine, the journal of…

The use fluoroquinolones or macrolides reduced immunogenicity risk in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients on anti–tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy, according to data from nearly 2,000 individuals. Anti-TNF therapy with monoclonal antibodies is an established treatment for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, but approximately 40% of patients fail to respond…

Urinary Tract infection (UTI), the most common bacterial infection in any part of the urinary system. Doctors typically treat urinary tract infections with antibiotics. In most cases, UTIs are caused by viruses or fungi such as Escherichia coli or E. coli. The E. Coli bacterium infects cells that line the…

The structure with the transmembrane regions in blue, the energy driving domains in pink and the membrane lipids as pale grey with pale orange heads. The yellow 'blobs' represent the position of the gating residues in the pathway. Credit: Hugo MacDermott-Opeskin, Megan O'Mara and Christopher McDevitt Australian researchers have revealed…

Histopathology of Helicobacter pylori infection in a gastric foveolar pit demonstrated in endoscopic gastric biopsy. Credit: Wikipedia. Helicobacter pylori, a stomach-dwelling bacterium, is a strong risk factor for gastric cancer, peptic ulcers and other debilitating gastrointestinal disorders. Yet efforts to eradicate it using a combination of antibiotics and proton pump…

B.J. Penn has recently revealed that he got seriously injured last year while he was in a wave pool, of all places. The former two-division UFC champion detailed the unusual incident, which he likened to the movie series Final Destination. Penn says he nearly died and suffered multiple fractures, after…

The proposed polymer, with its backbone shown in blue, creates regions with a high local density of copper side units (pendants). This helps reduce Cu(II) to Cu(I), the most difficult step in the redox reaction shown, to ultimately produce more hydroxyl radicals (-OH). Credit: Assistant Professor Shigehito Osawa The discovery…

My husband has this bad habit. When prescribed a week or two of antibiotics, he rarely completes the full course. Once his symptoms subside, he tosses out the rest of the pills, despite warnings on the bottle to finish the prescription. Ignoring doctors’ orders is not a good idea, yet…