Infection Control Today - Antibiotic Resistance

Resistant Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance are Considerations for HCAP Patients

Healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) has more similarities to nosocomial pneumonia than to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, there have only been a few epidemiological studies of HCAP in South Korea. Ji Ye Jung, of the Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care ...More

March 28, 2011

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Economics and Evolution Help Scientists Identify New Strategy to Control Antibiotic Resistance

A team of scientists from the University of Oxford, U.K. have taken lessons from Adam Smith and Charles Darwin to devise a new strategy that could one day slow, possibly even prevent, the spread of drug-resistant bacteria. In a new research report published in the March ...More

March 18, 2011

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New Paper Outlines Different Approach to Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance Challenge

The South American Infectious Diseases Initiative (SAIDI) announces the release of a comprehensive document describing a nontraditional approach to containing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in South America. The paper, developed by the United States Agency for International ...More

March 10, 2011

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Pew Applauds Introduction of Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011

The Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming (HHIF) today applauded U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) for introducing H.R. 965, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011 (PAMTA). The bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ...More

March 10, 2011

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Researchers Describe the Pump That Bacteria Use to Resist Antibiotics

A research team led by Edward Yu of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory has identified and described two parts of the three-part system that pumps toxins from bacteria and allows them to resist antibiotics. ...More

February 24, 2011

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Team Hopes to Trim Years Off Development Time of New Antibiotics

Eliminating tens of thousands of manual lab experiments, two University of Houston (UH) professors are working toward a method to cut the development time of new antibiotics. While current practices typically last for more than a decade, a computerized modeling system being ...More

February 11, 2011

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Increasing Antibiotic Resistance, Patient Population Affect Growth of Drug Market

A new report from Research and Markets, "Hospital Acquired Bacterial Infections Market to 2016 - Increasing Antibiotic Resistance and Increasing Population of Critically Ill Patients To Drive Growth,"provides in-depth analysis of the drivers and barriers that affect the ...More

February 7, 2011

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Gene 'Relocation' is Key to Most Evolutionary Change in Bacteria

In a new study, scientists at the University of Maryland and the Institut Pasteur show that bacteria evolve new abilities, such as antibiotic resistance, predominantly by acquiring genes from other bacteria. The researchers new insights into the evolution of bacteria partly ...More

January 31, 2011

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Marine Scientists Exploring New Antibiotics

Antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, or "superbugs," are on the rise, killing tens of thousands of people each year. As the critical need for new classes of antibiotics grows, scientists are looking for miracles in unexplored realms of the ocean. Marine microbes are an ...More

January 20, 2011

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Novel Antibiotic Combinations Fight Resistance Genes

The combination the antibiotic ceftazidime plus the compound NXL104 is active against bacterial pathogens containing genes that confer resistance to multiple carbapenems, according to two papers published in the January 2011 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and ...More

January 20, 2011

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