UNIVERSITY OF BONN IMAGE: LOOK AT A CULTIVATION PLATE WITH THE RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAIN. CREDIT: PHOTO: VOLKER LANNERT/UNIVERSITY OF BONN The skin bacterium Staphylococcus aureus often develops antibiotic resistance. It can then cause infections that are difficult to treat. Researchers at the University of Bonn have uncovered an ingenious way in which a certain...
Fever, headache, confusion, seizures, amputations or death. Meningitis is a very serious brain infection that can affect the body in many ways and needs to be treated within 24 hours of contracting the disease. The World Health Organization estimates that there are close to three million cases per year. Between the four main causes of...
by South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Credit: Shutterstock A team of researchers from SAHMRI and Flinders University has found a link between the type of microbiome that repopulates the gut following antibiotics and shortened lifespan in mice. The study recently published in Cell Reports, is the first of its kind to examine the long-term effects of exposing...
by KU Leuven Credit: CC0 Public Domain Some antibiotics appear to be effective against a form of skin cancer known as melanoma. Researchers at KU Leuven, Belgium, examined the effect of these antibiotics on patient-derived tumors in mice. Their findings were published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Researchers from KU Leuven may have found a new weapon in the...
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IMAGE: LEAD AUTHOR MARTIN BLASER, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE AT RUTGERS CREDIT: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Antibiotic exposure early in life could alter human brain development in areas responsible for cognitive and emotional functions, according to a Rutgers researcher. The laboratory study, published in the journal iScience, suggests that penicillin changes...
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM IMAGE: IMRE NOTH, MD, THE CHIEF OF UVA HEALTH’S DIVISION OF PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, SAYS THE LARGE STUDY OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS WILL STILL BENEFIT EFFORTS TO BATTLE THE LUNG-SCARRING DISEASE. CREDIT: UVA HEALTH Doctors have hoped that antibiotics could benefit patients with chronic lung diseases, but a...
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO IMAGE: AN ANTIBIOTIC (GREEN), BOUND IN THE HUMAN-LIKE YEAST RIBOSOME (GRAY), ALLOWS FOR SYNTHESIS OF SOME PROTEINS (REPRESENTED IN ORANGE, PURPLE, AND BLUE) BUT NOT OTHERS (DARK GREEN). CREDIT: MAXIM SVETLOV/UIC According to researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, the antibiotics used to treat common bacterial infections, like pneumonia and sinusitis,...
by Karolinska Institutet The microneedles are so small that they do not reach the pain receptors, making the treatment relatively painless. Credit: Jill Ziesmer MRSA skin infections are often treated with intravenous injection of antibiotics, which can cause significant side effects and promote the development of resistant bacterial strains. To solve these problems, researchers at Karolinska...
Social media is used extensively to seek antibiotics, avoid dental treatment and provide support to people with toothache, according to new research. Dr Wendy Thompson, a dental researcher from The University of Manchester, says users also reported turning to antibiotics when unable to access urgent dental services. The findings ring true with previous research by Dr Thompson,...
If new recommendations from the American College of Physicians take hold, patients may soon see shorter courses of antibiotics prescribed for common bacterial infections in an effort to stem the tide of antibiotic resistance. For acute, uncomplicated bronchitis and COPD exacerbation, five days. For community-acquired pneumonia, five days with extensions based on symptoms. For uncomplicated urinary tract...
