Aug 16, 2023 | Infection Control, News
A scientific journey decades in the making at Duke University has found a new antibiotic strategy to defeat gram-negative bacteria like Salmonella, Pseudomonas, and E. coli, the culprits in many urinary tract infections (UTIs). The synthetic molecule works fast and is...
Aug 9, 2023 | Infection Control, News, Uncategorized
CREDIT: NIH/NIAID cc Whole-genome sequencing of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from human fecal samples found that nearly 15% harbored antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, English researchers reported today in the Journal of Antimicrobial Therapy. For...
Aug 9, 2023 | Infection Control, News
CREDIT: NIH/NIAID cc Testing by a team of researchers with the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center indicates that sporicidal disinfectants are more effective against the multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris than quaternary-ammonium disinfectants,...
Aug 2, 2023 | Infection Control, News
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Research Science (CSRS) and the University of Toronto have discovered a new way to attack fungal infections. The key is to block fungi from being able to make fatty acids, the major component of fats. Resistance to...
Jul 19, 2023 | Infection Control, News
A study led by researchers at the University of Oxford provides new insight into how antimicrobial resistance evolves in patients with bacterial infections. The study, published this week in Nature Communications, found that in patients colonized with Pseudomonas...