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The future is bright for gold-based antibiotics

Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark, (April 15-18) has identified several gold-based compounds with the potential to treat multidrug-resistant "superbugs." With all 19 compounds tested effective against at least one hard-to-treat bacterium and…
bubmag
April 8, 2023
Antibiotics

‘Morning After’ Antibiotics Could Slash Odds for Common STDs

By Amy Norton  HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A "morning after" dose of a common antibiotic can greatly lower the chances of sexually transmitted bacterial infections in high-risk people, a new clinical trial has found. Researchers discovered that taking the antibiotic doxycycline within 72 hours of…
bubmag
April 6, 2023
Antibiotics

New research aids fight against treatment-resistant superbugs

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…
bubmag
April 5, 2023
Antibiotics

Vatican: Pope spends 2nd night ‘serenely’ in hospital

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…
bubmag
March 31, 2023