TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Researchers at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have developed a technique to measure the long-term effects of antibiotic combinations, or cocktails. These combinations are of serious interest to the scientific and medical communities because the use of single antibiotics often leads to the rapid development of bacterial resistance to...
Tag: <span>Staphylococcus aureus</span>
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Staphylococcus aureus on the skin of test mice with lupus worsens their symptoms
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Scanning electromicrograph of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. Credit: NIAID A team of researchers at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, working with a colleague from Japan’s National Cancer Center, has found that the presence of Staphylococcus aureus on the skin of test mice with a lupus-like disease was found...
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HKU scientists reveal silver-based antimicrobials can be utilized as antibiotic adjuvants to combat antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IMAGE: (a) Exploration of Ag+-binding proteins in the soluble fraction of S. aureus with LC-GE-ICP-MS. (b) The overall structure of Ag-bound 6PGDH. (c) Silver coordination sites in 6PGDH and silver clusters composed of four adjacent Ag ions. (d) Diagram showing that Ag+ kills S. aureus by targeting multiple essential pathways. (e)...