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80-Year-Old Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Superbug Crisis: Report
Researchers are revisiting streptothricin, an antibiotic developed over 80 years ago and previously sidelined due to toxicity concerns, now being studied as nourseothricin.
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40 Million Projected To Die by 2050 Because Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs
Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, as the researchers called for action to avoid this grim scenario.
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Covid Pandemic Led To Surge In "Superbug Infections": EU's Disease Agency
Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Superbug Infections Killed 1.2 Million People Worldwide In 2019: Report
Superbug infections killed 1.2 million people in 2019, according to a study published Thursday, which authors described as the most comprehensive assessment of the impact of antimicrobial resistance to date.
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Superbugs To "Kill Millions" By 2050 Unless Countries Act, Warn Experts
Millions of people in Europe, North America and Australia will die from superbug infections unless countries prioritise fighting the growing threat posed by bacteria immune to most known drugs, experts predicted Wednesday.
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These Indian Startups Are Waging A War Against Superbugs: Foreign Media
India has few weapons to fight infection after years of poorly controlled antibiotic use in humans and animals, combined with effluent from the local drug industry that turned lakes and streams into breeding grounds for resistance.
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Scientists Find New, Quick Test To Identify Superbug Infection
London: A simple, new test may accurately diagnose some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacterial infections such as bronchitis and gastroenteritis in under 15 minutes, scientists say. Bacteria have been gradually evolving to become resistant to the antibiotics used to treat them. Over the last few years, scientists have found evidence that ...
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Antibiotic Overuse May Up Superbug Infections, Says Study
London: People are more likely to get affected by superbugs due to over use of antibiotics rather than dirty hospitals, a study has found. The study, led by researchers at the University of Oxford, showed that the widespread prescription of fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin was the reason behind a serious stomach bug Clostridium dif...
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Woman In US Dies After Superbug Picked Up In India, 13 Antibiotics Failed, Say Doctors
A woman in the US died after being infected by a superbug most likely during her visit to India, say doctors who found that the "nightmare" bacteria was resistant to all available antibiotics.
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Superbug Scare: Infection Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Kills Woman, Say Officials
A US woman has died from an infection that was resistant to all 26 available antibiotics, health officials said this week, raising new concerns about the rise of dangerous superbugs.
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Antibiotics Should Not Be Used After Surgery: World Health Organisation
Antibiotics should only be used to prevent infections before and during surgery and not afterwards, new guidelines issued by World Health Organisation (WHO), which aim to save lives, cut costs and arrest the spread of superbugs, said today.
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Drug-Resistant Infections Could Spark Financial Crisis: Study
The spread of superbugs that are resistant to all known drug treatments could spark a global financial crisis on the level of the 2008 meltdown or worse, a World Bank-led study warned on Monday.
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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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Scientists Make Advance In Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
British scientists say they have developed a pioneering new treatment to prevent bacterial skin infections, which could also be used in the battle against 'superbugs' such as MRSA.
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Researchers Find Second 'Superbug' Gene In US Patient
Scientists have identified a second patient in the United States infected with bacteria carrying the mcr-1 "superbug" gene, which makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics.
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80-Year-Old Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Superbug Crisis: Report
Researchers are revisiting streptothricin, an antibiotic developed over 80 years ago and previously sidelined due to toxicity concerns, now being studied as nourseothricin.
-
40 Million Projected To Die by 2050 Because Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs
Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, as the researchers called for action to avoid this grim scenario.
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Covid Pandemic Led To Surge In "Superbug Infections": EU's Disease Agency
Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Superbug Infections Killed 1.2 Million People Worldwide In 2019: Report
Superbug infections killed 1.2 million people in 2019, according to a study published Thursday, which authors described as the most comprehensive assessment of the impact of antimicrobial resistance to date.
-
Superbugs To "Kill Millions" By 2050 Unless Countries Act, Warn Experts
Millions of people in Europe, North America and Australia will die from superbug infections unless countries prioritise fighting the growing threat posed by bacteria immune to most known drugs, experts predicted Wednesday.
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These Indian Startups Are Waging A War Against Superbugs: Foreign Media
India has few weapons to fight infection after years of poorly controlled antibiotic use in humans and animals, combined with effluent from the local drug industry that turned lakes and streams into breeding grounds for resistance.
-
Scientists Find New, Quick Test To Identify Superbug Infection
London: A simple, new test may accurately diagnose some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacterial infections such as bronchitis and gastroenteritis in under 15 minutes, scientists say. Bacteria have been gradually evolving to become resistant to the antibiotics used to treat them. Over the last few years, scientists have found evidence that ...
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Antibiotic Overuse May Up Superbug Infections, Says Study
London: People are more likely to get affected by superbugs due to over use of antibiotics rather than dirty hospitals, a study has found. The study, led by researchers at the University of Oxford, showed that the widespread prescription of fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin was the reason behind a serious stomach bug Clostridium dif...
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Woman In US Dies After Superbug Picked Up In India, 13 Antibiotics Failed, Say Doctors
A woman in the US died after being infected by a superbug most likely during her visit to India, say doctors who found that the "nightmare" bacteria was resistant to all available antibiotics.
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Superbug Scare: Infection Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Kills Woman, Say Officials
A US woman has died from an infection that was resistant to all 26 available antibiotics, health officials said this week, raising new concerns about the rise of dangerous superbugs.
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Antibiotics Should Not Be Used After Surgery: World Health Organisation
Antibiotics should only be used to prevent infections before and during surgery and not afterwards, new guidelines issued by World Health Organisation (WHO), which aim to save lives, cut costs and arrest the spread of superbugs, said today.
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Drug-Resistant Infections Could Spark Financial Crisis: Study
The spread of superbugs that are resistant to all known drug treatments could spark a global financial crisis on the level of the 2008 meltdown or worse, a World Bank-led study warned on Monday.
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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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Scientists Make Advance In Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
British scientists say they have developed a pioneering new treatment to prevent bacterial skin infections, which could also be used in the battle against 'superbugs' such as MRSA.
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Researchers Find Second 'Superbug' Gene In US Patient
Scientists have identified a second patient in the United States infected with bacteria carrying the mcr-1 "superbug" gene, which makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics.
