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Resistant Organisms

Promiscuity of Resistance Plasmid is Unprecedented

Genetic analysis of an outbreak of drug-resistant infections in one institution shows an unprecedented level of transference of resistance among strains and even species of bacteria. Researchers from the University of Virginia and the Centers for Disease Control and ...More
January 4, 2012
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Scientists Re-engineer an Antibiotic to Overcome Resistant Bacteria

A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have successfully reengineered an important antibiotic to kill the deadliest antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The compound could one day be used clinically to treat patients with life-threatening and highly resistant ...More
August 24, 2011
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Drug 'Shield' Helps Target Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

A new technique which targets antibiotic-resistant bacteria and shields patients from the toxic parts of an antibiotic drug has been developed by Cardiff University scientists. Dr. Elaine Ferguson from Cardiff University's School of Dentistry has utilized a new technique ...More
July 7, 2011
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Professor Taking the Lead in Global Effort Against Drug-Resistant TB, HIV

In the African nation where the first extensively drug-resistant case of tuberculosis (XDR-TB) was found a few years ago, the doors soon will open on a new TB research facility. University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Adrie Steyn, PhD, is the first scientist ...More
July 1, 2011
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NDM-1 Acquired in Canada

An enzyme associated with extensive antibiotic resistance called New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamase-1 (NDM-1), endemic in India and Pakistan and spreading worldwide, has been found in two people in the Toronto area, one of whom acquired it in Canada, states a case report in the ...More
May 27, 2011
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