News tagged with antibiotic drug
MRSA strain linked to high death rates
Nov 01, 2009 |
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A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford ...
'Surprising link' leads toward a new antibiotic
May 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As the best drugs become increasingly resistant to superbugs, McMaster University researchers have discovered a completely different way of looking for a new antibiotic.
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Theory shows mechanism behind delayed development of antibiotic resistance
May 05, 2009 |
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Inhibiting the "drug efflux pumps" in bacteria, which function as their defence mechanisms against antibiotics, can mask the effect of mutations that have led to resistance in the form of low-affinity drug binding to target ...
Chemical Additive Could Make Old Antibiotics Viable Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Texas Tech researcher said a recently patented chemical additive could break down the shield of certain types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
New antibiotic beats superbugs at their own game
Jul 03, 2008 |
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The problem with antibiotics is that, eventually, bacteria outsmart them and become resistant. But by targeting the gene that confers such resistance, a new drug may be able to finally outwit them. Rockefeller ...
New Synthetic Compound Message to Drug-Resistant Bacteria: 'Resistance is Futile'
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Illinois have developed a smart new synthetic compound that not only targets some drug-resistant bacteria and kills them, but the ...
Nanotechnology used to probe effectiveness of antibiotics
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 04, 2009 |
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A group of researchers led by scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology, in collaboration with a University of Queensland researcher, have discovered a way of using tiny nano-probes to help understand how an antibiotic ...
New old drug fights colon cancer
Oct 13, 2009 |
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A new Tel Aviv University drug, based on an older generation antibiotic, may provide doctors with an effective and innovative method of treating colon cancer in both its incipient and full-blown stages -- and minimize the ...
Antibiotic use increases at academic medical centers
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Antibacterial drug use appears to have increased at academic medical centers between 2002 and 2006, driven primarily by greater use of broad-spectrum agents and the antibiotic vancomycin, according to a report in the Nov. ...
Probing Question: How does antibiotic resistance happen?
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Before Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in 1928, there were any number of unpleasant ways that bacteria could kill you. Countless women died from infection after childbirth, and a simple chest cold could turn into ...
Prescribing of antibiotics to children still at a level to cause drug resistance, warn experts
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Regular prescribing of antibiotics to children in the community is sufficient to sustain a high level of antibiotic resistance in the population, warn experts in a study published on bmj.com today.
MRSA head and neck infections increase among children
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Rates of antibiotic-resistant head and neck infections increased in pediatric patients nationwide between 2001 and 2006, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of ...
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