In recent years, a body of publications in the microbiology field has challenged all previous knowledge of how antibiotics kill bacteria. A slew of papers came out studying this phenomenon, suggesting that there is a general mechanism of killing by antibiotics, says Kim Lewis, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biology and director of Northeasterns Antimicrobial Discovery Center.
Activities to stop the spread of the intestinal superbug Clostridium difficile are on the rise, but they are not yielding large improvements, according to a nationwide survey of infection preventionists released today by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
Through the creation of a library of more than 2,000 mutant strains of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, the University of Nebraska Medical Center has provided an important tool for scientists around the world seeking answers for how to better deal with staph infections.
