Shape-shifting antibiotics may fight superbugs

Shape-shifting antibiotics may fight superbugs

Apr 11, 2023 | Infection Control, News

In the United States alone, drug-resistant bacteria and fungi infect almost 3 million people per year and kill about 35,000. Antibiotics are essential and effective, but in recent years overuse has led to some bacteria developing resistance to them. The infections are...
Hidden bacteria up antimicrobial resistance risk

Hidden bacteria up antimicrobial resistance risk

Feb 7, 2023 | News

Carriers of a specific hidden bacteria have a 14% chance of developing an antibiotic resistant infection with 30 days of hospitalisation, according to researchers from Amsterdam UMC. Researchers studied patients who unknowingly carried the multi-resistant...
Successful UTI antibiotic trials stopped early

Successful UTI antibiotic trials stopped early

Nov 8, 2022 | News

British pharmaceutical company GSK announced that it has stopped two clinical trials for an investigational antibiotic for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs) early after the drug met its goals. GSK said the decision to stop enrollment for the EAGLE-2 and...
Study: Hydroquinine kills drug-resistant bacteria

Study: Hydroquinine kills drug-resistant bacteria

Nov 1, 2022 | News

Scientists analyzing the effects of an organic compound on drug resistant bacteria have discovered how it can inhibit and kill a germ that causes serious illness or in some cases death. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a type of bacteria, often found in hospital patients,...