Novel antibiotic resistance gene in milk supriya kashyap kashyap30 April 2017 10:19 AM ISTResearchers of the University of Bern have identified a new antibiotic resistance gene in bacteria from dairy cows. This gene confers resistance to...
MRSA blood infections are less fatal in kids, but cause significant complications supriya kashyap kashyap8 May 2017 9:44 AM ISTChildren with bloodstream infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a common antibiotic-resistant bacteria, are less...
Antibiotics Use after skin abscess drainage improves cure rates Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli15 April 2018 7:20 PM ISTThe addition of antibiotics to standard incision and drainage is controversial, with earlier studies demonstrating no significant benefit. However, 2...
New test identifies serious secondary infection in critically ill patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal14 Jun 2018 7:28 PM ISTA team of researchers has identified three cell surface markers can predict the risk of potentially life-threatening secondary infection in the...
Patients allergic to penicillin at higher risk of C. difficile and MRSA infections : BMJ Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 July 2018 7:15 PM ISTThe patients allergic to penicillin are at increased risk for Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections...
Activated Oxygen may kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria Vinay Singh singh23 Aug 2018 7:10 PM ISTOxygen-activated by specially formulated photosensitizing light can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...
Probiotics , Antibiotic combo to tackle bacterial resistance Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 Oct 2018 7:25 PM ISTProbiotics, Antibiotic combination may tackle bacterial resistance in future, according to a new study.In a fight against superbugs or drug-resistant...
Chlorhexidine bathing and nasal mupirocin effectively reduces ICU infections: Lancet Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 March 2019 7:28 PM ISTUSA: Chlorhexidine bathing plus nasal mupirocin effectively reduces hospital-acquired infections finds a Clinical Trial published in The...
Light therapy may treat superbug infections in near future Hina Zahid5 April 2019 7:22 PM ISTStep ahead to curb Antimicrobial Resistance-Light therapy may treat superbug infections.Globally Scientists are in constant lookout for...
Delafloxacin gets FDA priority review approval for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia Deepanjana Sarkar21 Jun 2019 7:20 PM ISTThe U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for BAXDELA® (delafloxacin) for priority review....
Adding Beta-lactam to daptomycin improves MRSA clinical outcomes Medha Baranwal Baranwal18 Aug 2019 7:28 PM ISTUSA: Adding beta-lactam (BL) antibiotic to daptomycin (DAP) improves clinical outcomes in patients with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus...
Solution to antibiotic resistance - Researchers develop novel antibiotics Medha Baranwal Baranwal17 July 2019 8:20 PM ISTFrance: In this world of increasing frequency of antibiotic resistance, that renders antibiotics ineffective, there arises a need for antibiotic...
