The 27-year-old, from Vancouver, Canada, was diagnosed with endocarditis The killer infection can trigger heart failure and strikes one in 30,000 people Doctors believe that the infection actually triggered the bulging blood vessel A man was left with a bulging lump on his hand and a deadly heart infection after a simple trip to the...
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Teaching antibiotics to be more effective killers
IMAGE: ALEXANDER MANKIN, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES IN THE UIC COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOGNOSY. Research from the University of Illinois at Chicago suggests bond duration, not bond tightness, may be the most important differentiator between antibiotics that kill bacteria and antibiotics that only stop bacterial growth....
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Tackling the rising sale of unapproved antibiotics in India
Indian government needs to do more to tackle rising sale of unapproved antibiotics, according to an analysis by researchers at Newcastle University and Queen Mary University of London. In India, the sale of antibiotics requiring the tightest control and regulation is rising the fastest, warn the researchers. The correspondence published in The Lancet Global Health highlights serious hurdles for...
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Glowing Molecular Sensor Helps Spot New Useful Antibiotics
Microorganisms are natural factories for all sorts of biomolecules, and some of them produce antibiotics that can be very useful in medical practice. This is not a newly discovered fact, but because each microorganism produces its own set of molecules and the rate of production is not very high, it’s been difficult to use this...
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Antibiotics found to weaken body’s ability to fight off disease
Adding another reason for doctors to avoid the overuse of antibiotics, new research shows that a reduction in the variety of microbes in the gut interferes with the immune system’s ability to fight off disease. Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have found that antibiotic use made neutrophils, a type of immune...
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Once invincible superbug squashed by ‘superteam’ of antibiotics
The golden age of antibiotics may be drawing to a close. The recent discovery of E. coli carrying mcr-1 and ndm-5—genes that make the bacterium immune to last-resort antibiotics—has left clinicians without an effective means of treatment for the superbug. But in a new study, University at Buffalo researchers have assembled a team of three antibiotics that, together, are...
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LITTLE EVIDENCE THAT STOPPING ANTIBIOTICS EARLY FUELS RESISTANCE: EXPERTS
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There is little evidence that failing to complete a prescribed course of antibiotics contributes to antibiotic resistance, and it’s time for policymakers and doctors to drop this message, infectious disease experts from the UK argue in a new paper. “In day-to-day clinical practice, where we are treating opportunist pathogens, the...
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Could maple syrup end superbugs? Extract boosts potency of antibiotics, study reveals
Maple syrup boosts the potency of antibiotics fighting deadly infections When strains were exposed to syrup mixed with the drug, results showed that 90 percent less antibiotic was needed The syrup’s antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties are believed to help The overuse of antibiotics has given rise to drug-resistant superbugs, which are expected to kill more people...
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Unlocking the healing secrets of Komodo dragon blood
Not only is the Komodo dragon’s mouth full of razor-sharp teeth, but it contains bacteria that eventually poison any prey that gets away Downing a vial of Komodo dragon blood to fight a bacterial infection might sound like something prescribed by a meister on Game of Thrones, but new research shows that the substance might...
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Antibiotics used to treat cystic fibrosis increases risk of permanent hearing loss
A powerful class of antibiotics provides life-saving relief for people with cystic fibrosis; however, a new study for the first time reveals the levels at which high cumulative dosages over time significantly increases the risk of permanent hearing loss in these patients. Cystic fibrosis, or CF, is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs...