Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria

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  Sewage Surveillance Might Be a Powerful Tool to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance, New Study Reveals

  Sewage surveillance is emerging as a crucial method in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR), according to new research from Virginia Tech. Published in Nature Water, the study demonstrates that monitoring wastewater provides a more efficient and comprehensive approach to tracking antibiotic-resistant bacteria than testing individuals. This meth...

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  Viruses Can Work Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, New Research Shows

  As the globe faces a rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria making traditional antibiotics ineffective specific viruses could offer a solution.

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  UK, India To Collaborate In Anti-Microbial Resistance Research Worth 8 Million Pounds

  The United Kingdom and India are deepening their existing scientific research collaboration with five new projects worth eight million pounds to tackle anti-microbial resistance (AMR) that could lead to important advances in the global fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes.

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  Green Tea Benefits: Drinking Herbal Teas Could Help In Fighting Infections And Diseases

  The researchers claimed to have found a natural antioxidant - epigallocatechin (EGCG) - in green tea that can fight and kill the antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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  New Delhi 'Superbug' Gene, Last Among Pristine Ecosystem, Found In Arctic

  In a significant find in the global spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria, scientists have found a "superbug" gene -- first detected in New Delhi over a decade back -- in one of the last "pristine" places on Earth that is some 12,870 km away

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  Study Finds Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria In Brazil Pork

  Pork products sold at retailers in Brazil contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study funded by animal rights group World Animal Protection (WAP), providing potential evidence of overuse of the medicines in food livestock.

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  AMU Professor Discovers Molecules To Be Used As Drug For Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

  Prof Khan has now discovered new molecules effective against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections which will be used as an antibiotic drug.

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  WHO Lists 12 Deadly Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and the Urgent Need for New Drugs

  WHO published the first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" that included 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.

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  Antibiotic-Resistance Making Kidney Infections More Deadly

  Medication-resistant bacteria are making it more difficult to treat a common but severe kidney infection, says a study.

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  Superbugs Hinder Treatment Of Kidney Infections

  Scientists have found that superbugs - antibiotic-resistant bacteria - can make it more difficult to treat a common but severe kidney infection.

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  Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Hampers Kidney Disease Treatment

  Medication-resistant bacteria are making it more difficult to treat a common but severe kidney infection, a study has found.

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  Food Preservative Kills Cancer Cells, Superbugs: Study

  A naturally occurring food preservative that grows on dairy products may be used to treat cancer and deadly, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a new study has claimed.

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  Environmental Pollution Too Behind Antibiotic Resistance?

  Environmental contaminants may be partly to blame for the rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a new US study suggests.

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  Daily Antibiotics May Prevent Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

  Prescribing antibiotic doses once or twice a week for tuberculosis (TB) treatment are more likely to lead to drug resistant strains than daily antibiotic regimens, a computer model of the disease has shown.

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  How Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Can be Eliminated

  A combination and sequence of antibiotics can effectively hinder the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a study found.