NEWS Dr. Nina Mörsch | 07 May 2024 Penicillin allergies are less prevalent than often presumed. However, misdiagnosed allergies can prove detrimental to patients requiring antibiotic therapy and contribute to antibiotic resistance. Professor Norma Jung from the University Hospital Cologne, Germany, presented a new recommendation at the 130th Congress of the German Society for Internal...
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Microwave sensing technology paves way towards personalized antibiotic therapy
by University of British Columbia Using microwave sensing technology, UBCO researchers have developed a low-cost, contactless, portable, and reusable microwave sensor that acts as a fast and reliable evaluation tool for measuring antibiotic resistance. Credit: UBC Okanagan UBC researchers have developed a method for monitoring bacterial responses to antibiotics in healthcare settings that opens the door...
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Study finds evidence of persistent Lyme infection in brain despite aggressive antibiotic therapy neuroscience
Tulane University researchers found the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in the brain tissue of a woman who had long suffered neurocognitive impairment after her diagnosis and treatment for the tick-borne disease. The presence of the corkscrew-shaped Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes in the former Lyme disease patient’s brain and spinal cord were evidence of a persistent infection. The findings were...