News tagged with antibiotic drug
Study evaluates antibiotic option for treating bladder infection in women
Short-term use of the antibiotic cefpodoxime for the treatment of women with uncomplicated cystitis (bladder infection) did not meet criteria for noninferiority for achieving clinical cure compared with ciprofloxacin, a drug ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Chemistry trick renews hope against killer diseases
As infections such as tuberculosis have become immune to an ever widening range of antibiotics doctors have looked on helplessly.
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Drugs used to overcome cancer may also combat antibiotic resistance: researchers
Drugs used to overcome cancer may also combat antibiotic resistance, finds a new study led by Gerry Wright, scientific director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research at McMaster University.
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Researchers discover a mechanism of drug resistance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Antibiotics are used for everything from squelching strep throat to suppressing the immune system after an organ transplant. Many antibiotics are produced by molds similar to those found on ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Antibiotics in swine feed encourage gene exchange
A study to be published in the online journal mBio on November 29 shows that adding antibiotics to swine feed causes microorganisms in the guts of these animals to start sharing genes that could spread antibiotic resistance.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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New compound defeats drug-resistant bacteria
It's no wonder that medicine's effort to combat bacterial infections is often described as an arms race. When new drugs are developed to combat infections, the bacterial target invariably comes up with a deterrent.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Closer to a cure for eczema
Scientists have found that a strain of yeast implicated in inflammatory skin conditions, including eczema, can be killed by certain peptides and could potentially provide a new treatment for these debilitating skin conditions. ...
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Study identifies possible therapy for radiation sickness
A combination of two drugs may alleviate radiation sickness in people who have been exposed to high levels of radiation, even when the therapy is given a day after the exposure occurred, according to a study led by scientists ...
Nov 23, 2011 |
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The best wastewater treatment plants can't filter out superbug fragments
Even a very good wastewater treatment plant can't clean up fragments of superbugs -- bacteria that have developed a resistance to antibiotics -- and until now, almost no one has noticed.
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Tuberculosis researchers discover potential new target for treatments
(PhysOrg.com) -- Colorado State University researchers have discovered an enzyme that is critical to the survival and replication of the bacterial pathogen that causes tuberculosis. The enzyme may become a key target for ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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EU sounds cry of alarm over resistance to antibiotics
The European Union warned Thursday of a sharp rise in deaths across the 27-nation bloc due to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
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Nov 17, 2011 |
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New TB treatment limits infection while reducing drug resistance
It's estimated that nearly one-third of the world's population -- more than two billion people -- are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to the World Health Organization, 5 to 10 percent of infected people ...
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Alarming pattern of antibiotic use in the southeastern United States
New research suggests a pattern of outpatient antibiotic overuse in parts of the United States-- particularly in the Southeast --a problem that could accelerate the rate at which these powerful drugs are rendered useless, ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Evidence supports ban on growth promotion use of antibiotics in farming
In a review study, researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine zero in on the controversial, non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in food animals and fish farming as a cause of antibiotic resistance. They report that ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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New antibiotic compound enters phase I clinical trial
(Medical Xpress) -- Novacta Biosystems has commenced dosing of the first healthy volunteers in a phase I clinical trial of a new antibiotic to treat the hospital superbug Clostridium difficile.
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Nov 09, 2011 |
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