Antimicrobial resistance is a global problem and is causing a serious threat to the prevention and treatment of an increasing range of diseases. The misuse of antibiotics does not cause the resistance but affects the spread of resistance. Bacteria adapt, mutate and multiply rapidly, therefore the ...
Escherichia coli O25b-ST131 is an important cause of antimicrobial-resistant infections in women with uncomplicated cystitis.cefotaximasesclonalexpansionfluoroquinoloneresistanceThe article discusses a study which examined the presence of the O25-sequence type 131 clonal group among Escherichia coli isolates...
Resistance is often portrayed as simply an undesirable consequence of antibiotic abuse or misuse, but the rate of antibiotic resistance emergence is related to all uses of drugs, not just misuse, and the total amount of antibiotics used and the environment also play roles. The main driving factor...
Antimicrobial resistance is projected to kill up to 10 million people a year by 2050. We won’t let this happen. TAXIS Pharmaceuticals is developing therapies to combat antimicrobial resistance addressing the root cause of the issue, targeting the very foundation of bacterial survival. Our approach...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is globally recognized as one of the greatest health threats of the 21st century,responsible for 1.27 million deaths annually. "According to the WHO, if no measures are taken promptly, AMR could lead to more deaths than cancer by 2050," said Arnaud Marchant, MD...
"It's clear that the world is losing its ability to use critically important antimicrobial medicines," he said, adding that the treatment of antimicrobial resistance is noted as one of the most urgent challenges of our time; while saving lives, people should pay attention...
" can be equally life-threatening: inert antibiotics will not cure infectious disease, nor will "vaccination" with a counterfeit vaccine protect one from illness. Improper treatments risk public health, either through increased disease transmission or through the development of antibiotic resistance.1...
Bacteria that attach to surfaces aggregate in a hydrated polymeric matrix of their own synthesis to form biofilms. Formation of these sessile communities and their inherent resistance to antimicrobial agents are at the root of many persistent and chronic bacterial infections. Studies of biofilms have ...
The microbiome is a reservoir of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but the implications of undernutrition on the resistome is unclear. Here we used a postnatal mouse model that is deficient in multiple micronutrients (that is, zinc, folate, iron, vitamin A and vitamin B12 deficient) and shotgun ...
EBR asked Dr Kordo Saeed, a consultant microbiologist and bacteriology laboratory lead, just how serious the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is, and what is being, or should be, done at both a local and global level to fight back. EBR: A paper on AMR recently showed that at lea...