May 31, 2023 | Infection Control, News
A new tool which could help reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance is showing early promise, through exploiting a bacterial immune system as a gene editing tool. Antimicrobial resistance is a major global threat, with nearly five million deaths annually... 
May 23, 2023 | Infection Control, News
The deadly hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii can live for a year on a hospital wall without food and water. Then, when it infects a vulnerable patient, it resists antibiotics as well as the body’s built-in infection-fighting response. The World Health... 
Apr 11, 2023 | Infection Control, News, Uncategorized
Have you ever had a nasty infection that just won’t seem to go away? Or a runny nose that keeps coming back? You may have been dealing with a bacterium that is tolerant of, though not yet resistant to, antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance is a huge problem, contributing...
