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Hospitalized Kenyan patients more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Kenyan patients who spend more than three days in the nation's hospitals are more likely to harbor a form of bacteria resistant to one of the most widely used antibiotic classes, according to a recent study led by Washington State University.

5 Jul 2023

Inappropriate antibiotic use in low and middle-income countries disrupts infant gut health, fuels antimicrobial resistance

Overuse of antibiotics contributes to the problem of drug-resistant bacteria. Developing countries and young children are particularly affected. Review examines how antibiotics affect gut bacteria and drug resistance in infants in low- and middle-income countries.

2 Jul 2023

High-res insights into key bacterial enzyme could lead to development of new antibiotics

A team of scientists from around the globe, including those from Trinity College Dublin, has gained high-res structural insights into a key bacterial enzyme, which may help chemists design new drugs to inhibit it and thus suppress disease-causing bacteria.

30 Jun 2023

Microbiology society welcomes the opportunity to respond to parliamentary inquiry on the pandemic

The Microbiology Society has welcomed the opportunity from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee to respond to the inquiry on emerging diseases and lessons learned from COVID-19.

29 Jun 2023

The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance: A Promising Broad Host-Range CRISPR-Cas9 Delivery Tool for AMR Plasmid Removal

Study removes AMR plasmids using a mobile, broad-host-range CRISPR-Cas9 delivery tool.

21 Jun 2023

New data demonstrates severe AMR among non-typhoidal Salmonella isolated from food in China

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a major cause of human salmonellosis globally. Food animals are major NTS reservoirs.

19 Jun 2023

Intravenous treatment with MK-3402 can be an effective strategy in fighting antimicrobial resistance

New research by investigators in Ghent, Belgium shows that intravenous treatment with MK-3402, a metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitor, can be an effective strategy in fighting antimicrobial resistance. The findings are presented at ASM Microbe 2023, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

18 Jun 2023

Mapping the evolutionary timeline and population distribution of E. coli’s protective outer capsule

In a new study, published today (15 June) in Nature Communications, a multi-centre team led by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Oslo, Imperial College London and UCL, has mapped for the first time the evolutionary timeline and population distribution of Escherichia coli’s protective outer capsule, which is responsible for the bacterium’s virulence.

15 Jun 2023

Oliver Dowden: New Biothreats Radar will be key to the UK’s fight against future biological threats

A new Biothreats Radar capable of scanning biological risks that pose a threat to the public will be key to the UK's fight and preparation for future pandemics, the Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has announced today (Monday 12 June).

12 Jun 2023

Efficient machine learning pipeline predicts the location of nanoscale interactions

Identifying whether and how a nanoparticle and protein will bind with one another is an important step toward being able to design antibiotics and antivirals on demand, and a computer model developed at the University of Michigan can do it.

6 Jun 2023

International response may be inadequate to meet the scale and severity of antimicrobial resistance

Governments around the world must do more to tackle the growing threat of drug-resistant infections, new research suggests.

5 Jun 2023

New antibiotic-resistance genes are present in bacteria in almost all environments, study shows

Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics are much more widespread in our environment than was previously realised.

5 Jun 2023

Battle against superbugs: E. coli resistance in UTIs shows slight decline

Research finds that the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) from outpatient uncomplicated UTIs at KPSC has slightly decreased between 2016 and 2021, both for in-person and virtual settings, although the magnitude of the decrease was mostly small. Resistance to penicillins, fluoroquinolones, and TMP-SMX was common.

30 May 2023

Two bacteria that co-occur with C. difficile as emerging potential threats in planetary health

A new study published in the peer-reviewed OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology identified genes for virulence and antimicrobial resistance in two bacteria that co-occur with C. difficile, suggesting these pathogens as emerging potential threats in planetary health.

26 May 2023

Antimicrobial Resistance News and Research

Hospitalized Kenyan patients more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Inappropriate antibiotic use in low and middle-income countries disrupts infant gut health, fuels antimicrobial resistance

High-res insights into key bacterial enzyme could lead to development of new antibiotics

Microbiology society welcomes the opportunity to respond to parliamentary inquiry on the pandemic

The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance: A Promising Broad Host-Range CRISPR-Cas9 Delivery Tool for AMR Plasmid Removal

New data demonstrates severe AMR among non-typhoidal Salmonella isolated from food in China

Intravenous treatment with MK-3402 can be an effective strategy in fighting antimicrobial resistance

Mapping the evolutionary timeline and population distribution of E. coli’s protective outer capsule

Oliver Dowden: New Biothreats Radar will be key to the UK’s fight against future biological threats

Efficient machine learning pipeline predicts the location of nanoscale interactions

International response may be inadequate to meet the scale and severity of antimicrobial resistance

New antibiotic-resistance genes are present in bacteria in almost all environments, study shows

Battle against superbugs: E. coli resistance in UTIs shows slight decline

Two bacteria that co-occur with C. difficile as emerging potential threats in planetary health

Antiviral drugs may be a new treatment strategy in the fight against Candida auris

New tool shows early promise to help reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance

The antimicrobial potential of nanoparticles

International clinical trial to evaluate new combinations of generic antibiotics for treating neonatal sepsis

Public acceptance of phage therapy is already moderately high, study shows

New clinical trial gets underway to evaluate new antibiotic combinations for newborns with sepsis

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Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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