Latest Antibiotic resistance Stories
Research being presented at IDWeek 2012™ shows that a specific spectrum of ultraviolet light killed certain drug-resistant bacteria on the door handles, bedside tables and other surfaces of hospital rooms, suggesting a possible future weapon in the battle to reduce hospital-associated infections. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina Hospital System used short-wave ultraviolet radiation (UV-C) to nearly eliminate Acinetobacter, Clostridium...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers from various organizations recently gathered for the kick-off of Infectious Disease Week 2012 in San Diego, California. One of the first presentations on display was a study on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Researchers from the project believe that antimicrobial soap and ointment can help reduce bloodstream infection for patients who are under intensive care. With the results of the study, they could possibly improve...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Antibiotics play a critical role in modern medicine. We take them to fight diseases, we give them to our pets, our food animals, even our plants. But what happens to those antibiotics after they pass through our systems? How do they affect the rest of the world? That is the question researchers from the University of Gothenburg have been asking, specifically how do these antibiotics affect the bacteria in the ocean. The research team...
Waxman Bill Aims to Help Document How Overuse of Drugs In Food Animals Contributes to Antibiotic-Resistance LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, announced its support today for legislation Representative Henry Waxman intends to introduce in Congress that will help the Food and Drug Administration better understand how the overuse of antibiotics in food animals is making these drugs less effective...
New results from tests performed by Consumers Union suggest that antibiotic resistant E. coli is present in more than half of all store-bought chicken. Concerned families scramble to protect themselves from bacteria with alternative treatment methods like NutraSilver Plus. Reno, NV (PRWEB) October 11, 2012 Test results submitted by Consumers Union have found that grocery store shelves are littered with contaminated chicken. Tests show that as much as two-thirds of grocery store chicken...
As a result of concerns about antibiotic resistance, doctors in the United States are increasingly prescribing newer, more costly and more powerful antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections, one of the most common illnesses in women. New research at Oregon State University suggests that the more powerful medications are used more frequently than necessary, and they recommend that doctors and patients discuss the issues involved with antibiotic therapy – and only use the stronger...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Diabecline(®) first aid antibiotic, offered by pharmaCline(®), has been named the winner of the Drug Store News Best New Product award. This recognition was by vote of key pharmacy industry decision makers at the ECRM(®) Marketgate((TM)) 2012 meetings held in Charlotte, N.C. Drug Store News is the leading source of news, knowledge and networking for professionals in the multi-billion dollar retail pharmacy marketplace. (Logo:...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cempra, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEMP), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing antibiotics to meet critical medical needs in the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases, today announced positive top-line data showing that solithromycin cleared infections in patients with uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea. Patients with proven gonococcal infections were treated with a single oral dose of solithromycin. "Gonorrhea...
BALTIMORE, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), today announced the release of a research use only (RUO) molecular test designed to rapidly detect antibiotic resistance genes found in the superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). These deadly organisms are associated with high mortality rates, are easily spread from patient-to-patient and are resistant to nearly all antibiotics. In some...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Although antibiotic use in humans is closely monitored by our nation's health care system, there is no equivalent monitoring for animals as detailed in an article in the September issue of Food Nutrition & Science (FNS). The article features a debate between Dr. Randall Singer, associate professor of Epidemiology at The University of Minnesota, and Dr. Meghan F. Davis, postdoctoral fellow with the Department of Environmental...
Latest Antibiotic resistance Reference Libraries
Enterococcus is a Gram-positive, commensal bacterium inhabiting the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and other mammals. It is a main constituent of some probiotic food supplements. E. faecalis can cause life-threatening infections in humans, especially in the nosocomial environment, where the naturally high levels of antibiotic resistance found in E. faecalis contribute to its pathogenicity. It is frequently found in root canal-treated teeth in prevalence values ranging from 30% to 90% of...
Escherichia coli is a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms. Most strains are harmless; however, some such as O157:H7 can cause food poisoning in humans and are often responsible for product recalls. The normal flora of the gut normally contains the harmless strains and often provide K2 to the body. They are not always confined to the intestine and have the ability to survive briefly outside of the body. It grows easily...
