Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotic resistance is transferring from humans to animals

Resistance to antibiotics could be moving from humans to animals, research by a Clemson University professor has shown. The research details results that demonstrate reverse zoonosis, a process by which...

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Long-term antibiotic use in preemies promotes drug-resistant gut bacteria

Very preterm infants are often sick and require antibiotic treatment to save their lives. However, when this form of therapy lasts for 20 months or more, it may affect the...

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Thames typical of superbug-breeding rivers, says new study

The River Thames is rapidly becoming a breeding pool for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a new study, which underlines the urgent need to cut down the amount of antibiotics currently...

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Scientists discover how resistant bacteria block entrance of antibiotics

Scientists have discovered how Klebsiella pneumoniae evolves to become resistant to carbapenem antibiotics. Source link

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Scientists find a potent weapon against antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance is a big threat to global health, and a growing number of infections are now becoming harder to treat. The usual treatments, like antibiotics used to treat them,...

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Powerful weapon discovered to fight antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are a major cause of serious infections that often persist despite antibiotic treatment, but scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have now discovered a way to...

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Two New Resistance-Proof Antibiotics Have Been Created

Antibiotic resistance is a growing global concern. Two new resistance-proof antibiotics have been created at the Inserm and Université de Rennes 1. Source link

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Researchers reveal virulence regulatory mechanism in a superbug

As antibiotic resistance is growing and posing a threat on public health, developing new antibiotics has become more urgent than ever. Source link

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Harnessing robotic automation and web-based technologies to modernize scientific outreach

by Orna Dahan, Bat-Shahar Dorfman, Serkan Sayin, Brittany Rosener, Tiffany Hua, Anat Yarden, Amir Mitchell Technological breakthroughs in the past two decades have ushered in a new era of biomedical...

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Plant foods may transmit antibiotic-resistant superbugs to humans

Researchers have revealed that plant foods may be transmitting antibiotic resistance to the gut microbiome. Source link

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Rapid ultrasensitive detection platform for antimicrobial susceptibility testing

by Mehmet F. Cansizoglu, Yusuf Talha Tamer, Michael Farid, Andrew Y. Koh, Erdal Toprak Rapid detection and phenotyping of pathogenic microbes is critical for administration of effective antibiotic therapies and...

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Research reveals sophisticated machinery used by dangerous pathogens to infect hosts

Gastric cancer, Q fever, Legionnaires' disease, whooping cough--though the infectious bacteria that cause these dangerous diseases are each different, they all utilize the same molecular machinery to infect human cells....

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Sophisticated molecular machinery is used by dangerous pathogens to infect hosts

Gastric cancer, Q fever, Legionnaires' disease, whooping cough--though the infectious bacteria that cause these dangerous diseases are each different, they all utilize the same molecular machinery to infect human cells....

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Resistance diagnostics as a public health tool to combat antibiotic resistance: A model-based evaluation

by David McAdams, Kristofer Wollein Waldetoft, Christine Tedijanto, Marc Lipsitch, Sam P. Brown Rapid point-of-care resistance diagnostics (POC-RD) are a key tool in the fight against antibiotic resistance. By tailoring...

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Transition bias influences the evolution of antibiotic resistance in <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>

by Joshua L. Payne, Fabrizio Menardo, Andrej Trauner, Sonia Borrell, Sebastian M. Gygli, Chloe Loiseau, Sebastien Gagneux, Alex R. Hall Transition bias, an overabundance of transitions relative to transversions, has...

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UT Southwestern study suggests why UTIs have high recurrence rate in postmenopausal women

[ad_1] A UT Southwestern study suggests why urinary tract infections have such a high recurrence rate in postmenopausal women - several species of bacteria can invade the bladder walls. Source...

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High levels of hygiene promote antibiotic resistance

[ad_1] The number of people who become ill and die from antibiotic-resistant germs is increasing worldwide. The World Health Organization WHO sees understanding the spread of antibiotic resistance and developing...

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The <i>PLOS Biology</i> XV Collection: 15 Years of Exceptional Science Highlighted across 12 Months

[ad_1] by Lauren A. Richardson, Sandra L. Schmid, Avinash Bhandoola, Christelle Harly, Anders Hedenström, Michael T. Laub, Georgina M. Mace, Piali Sengupta, Ann M. Stock, Andrew F. Read, Harmit S....

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Physicists identify simple mechanism used by deadly bacteria to fend off antibiotics

[ad_1] Physicists at McMaster University have for the first time identified a simple mechanism used by potentially deadly bacteria to fend off antibiotics, a discovery which is providing new insights...

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Megaphages detected in the intestinal tract of humans who eat high-fiber, low-fat diet

[ad_1] Viruses plague bacteria just as viruses like influenza plague humans. Some of the largest of these so-called bacteriophages have now been found in the human gut, where they periodically...

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