2010-08-11 - Researchers Warn of Potential New Superbug
... Infectious Diseases indicates that a new gene, NDM-1, is creating resistance in
bacteria to almost all known antibiotics, including carbapenems, and there are ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2010/08/researchers-warn-of-potential-new-superbug.aspx - 50k
2011-01-20 - Novel Antibiotic Combinations Fight Resistance Genes
... ceftazidime plus the compound NXL104 is active against bacterial pathogens containing
genes that confer resistance to multiple carbapenems, according to two ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2011/01/novel-antibiotic-combinations-fight-resistance-genes.aspx - 50k
2011-04-03 - Study Shows Last Resort Antibiotics Use on the Rise
... multi-year study of antibiotic use in Veterans Health Administration's acute care
facilities demonstrates dramatically increased use of carbapenems, a powerful ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2011/04/study-shows-last-resort-antibiotics-use-on-the-rise.aspx - 49k
2010-12-06 - NDM 1 An Update
... the form of what is now called New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1). Encouraging
this resistance mechanism is the widespread use of carbapenems, the only ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2010/12/ndm-1-an-update.aspx - 53k
2011-04-28 - PolyMedix Defensin Mimetic Antibiotic PMX-30063 is Active Against ...
NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1) is an enzyme carried by some bacteria
that are resistant to many antibiotics, including carbapenems. ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2011/04/polymedix-defensin-mimetic-antibiotic-pmx30063-is-active-against-ndm-1-drug-resistant-bacteria.aspx - 48k
2010-01-01 - Drug-Resistant UTIs Spreading Worldwide
... ESBLs have been commonly linked to nosocomial infections, which are generally treated
with intravenously-administered antibiotics such as the carbapenems. ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2010/01/drug-resistant-utis-spreading-worldwide.aspx - 47k
2011-10-13 - Cleaning, Decontamination Help Address Environmental Reservoir of ...
... and urology wards for decontamination, strict compliance with cross-transmission
prevention protocols, and a program restricting the use of carbapenems in the ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2011/10/cleaning-decontamination-help-address-environmental-reservoir-of-pseudomonas.aspx - 47k
2009-05-26 - Common Antibiotics May be Best First Treatment for Children with ...
... Pediatrics, compared treatment outcomes for three different antibiotics – beta-lactums
(which include penicillin, cephalosporins, carbapenems and monobactams ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2009/05/common-antibiotics-may-be-best-first-treatment-fo.aspx - 49k
2009-09-10 - Researcher Discovers Chemical Additive That May Make Old ...
... These beta-lactam antibiotics, such as penicillins, carbapenems and cephalosporins,
account for about $30 billion in annual sales in the US and much more ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2009/09/researcher-discovers-chemical-additive-that-may-m.aspx - 48k
2007-09-20 - Drug Resistance Gene Has Spread to Midwest
... They found bacteria with an active copy of the gene could defeat carbapenems, a
relatively young family of antibiotics that works on a wide variety of bacteria ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2007/09/drug-resistance-gene-has-spread-to-midwest.aspx - 48k
